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classicise

classicise is the alternative spelling of classicize.

Meaning of classicize

Verb

classicize (third-person singular simple present classicizes, present participle classicizing, simple past and past participle classicized)

  1. To make classic.
    • Another approach is exemplified by the performance group known as Mahligai […] which drew on traditional forms in an attempt to classicize them.2002, R. Anderson Sutton, Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi, Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 83
  2. To conform to the classic style.
    • Mies' style, for all of its obvious modernity, is essentially rather classicizing […]1974 January 20, Paul Goldberger, “Mies Art Pavilion Opens In Houston”, in Eugene Register-Guard

Forms of classicise

third-person singular presentclassicises
present participleclassicising
past participleclassicised
pastclassicised

Origin of classicise

From classic + -ise.

Questions about classicise

What is classicise the alternative spelling of?
Classicise is the alternative spelling of classicize.

Words near classicise in the dictionary

  1. classicalons
  2. classicals
  3. classicidal
  4. classicide
  5. classicides
  6. classicise
  7. classicised
  8. classicises
  9. classicising
  10. classicism
  11. classicisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: classicise (page history and authors); classicize (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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