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archaicize

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.ɪ.saɪz/

archaicize verb: to archaize.

Verb

archaicize (third-person singular simple present archaicizes, present participle archaicizing, simple past and past participle archaicized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To archaize.

Forms of archaicize

third-person singular presentarchaicizes
present participlearchaicizing
past participlearchaicized
pastarchaicized
alternative formarchaicise

Origin of archaicize

From archaic + -ize.

Questions about archaicize

What does archaicize mean?
Archaicize means to archaize.
What part of speech is archaicize?
Archaicize is a verb.
How do you pronounce archaicize?
Archaicize is pronounced /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.ɪ.saɪz/.
What is the past tense of archaicize?
The past tense of archaicize is archaicized.

Words near archaicize in the dictionary

  1. archaicises
  2. archaicising
  3. archaicism
  4. archaicisms
  5. archaicity
  6. archaicize
  7. archaicized
  8. archaicizes
  9. archaicizing
  10. archaick
  11. archaicness

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