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classicizes

classicizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about classicizes

What is classicizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Classicizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of classicize.

Words near classicizes in the dictionary

  1. classicistic
  2. classicists
  3. classicization
  4. classicize
  5. classicized
  6. classicizes
  7. classicizing
  8. classick
  9. classicks
  10. classicly
  11. classics

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