elizabethanize
elizabethanize is the alternative form of Elizabethanize.
Verb capitalized: Elizabethanize
Elizabethanize (third-person singular simple present Elizabethanizes, present participle Elizabethanizing, simple past and past participle Elizabethanized)
- To make more Elizabethan.
- Then after a fortnight's holiday the Players started to Elizabethanize their building.1923, Sheldon Cheney, Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs, Theatre Arts - Volume 7, page 210
- Concerning the revival of the 16th-century stage, Bridges Adams once said to me that whilst it was possible to Elizabethanize your stage, it was impossible to Elizabethanize your audience.1955, Shakespeare Quarterly, page 89
Forms of elizabethanize
| third-person singular present | elizabethanizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | elizabethanizing |
| past participle | elizabethanized |
| past | elizabethanized |
| third-person singular present | Elizabethanizes |
| present participle | Elizabethanizing |
| past participle | Elizabethanized |
| past | Elizabethanized |
| alternative form | elizabethanize |
| alternative form | Elizabethanise |
Origin of elizabethanize
From Elizabethan + -ize.
Questions about elizabethanize
- What does elizabethanize mean?
- Elizabethanize means to make more Elizabethan.
- What is elizabethanize the alternative form of?
- Elizabethanize is the alternative form of Elizabethanize.
- What part of speech is elizabethanize?
- Elizabethanize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of elizabethanize?
- The past tense of elizabethanize is elizabethanized.
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