ARCHAIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archaize mean? 

• ARCHAIZE (verb)
  The verb ARCHAIZE has 1 sense:

1. give an archaic appearance of character to

  Familiarity information: ARCHAIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHAIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they archaize    ... he / she / it archaizes   
Past simple: archaized   
Past participle: archaized   
-ing form: archaizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give an archaic appearance of character to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

archaise; archaize

Context example:

archaized craftwork

Hypernyms (to "archaize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

archaist (a person who archaizes)