archaizing

Verb

archaize (third-person singular simple present archaizes, present participle archaizing, simple past and past participle archaized)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
   • The statue had an archaized quality to it.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.