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antiquise

antiquise is the alternative spelling of antiquize.

Meaning of antiquize

Verb

antiquize (third-person singular simple present antiquizes, present participle antiquizing, simple past and past participle antiquized)

  1. To give the appearance of being an antique.
    • But in his comedy (particularly that inimitable creation of Falstaffe), there is a constant flow of variety and invention;—and,—what is singular,—the language is more easy, and less tinged with the marks of antiquity, than that of his tragic dialogue. This is an exception from the common rule; for...1835, “XCIII. Conversation on Dramatic Poetry”, in The Cabinet; a Series of Essays, Moral and Literary, volume II, Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; […], page 351

Forms of antiquise

third-person singular presentantiquises
present participleantiquising
past participleantiquised
pastantiquised

Questions about antiquise

What is antiquise the alternative spelling of?
Antiquise is the alternative spelling of antiquize.

Words near antiquise in the dictionary

  1. antiquifies
  2. antiquify
  3. antiquifying
  4. antiquing
  5. antiquisation
  6. antiquise
  7. antiquised
  8. antiquises
  9. antiquising
  10. antiquist
  11. antiquists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiquise (page history and authors); antiquize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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