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medievalize

medievalize verb: to make medieval.

Verb

medievalize (third-person singular simple present medievalizes, present participle medievalizing, simple past and past participle medievalized)

  1. (transitive) To make medieval.
    • We may notice the 3rd, 6th and 7th examples, designed by Mr. W. T. Sams, especially the first named, a lumpy and mediævalized Town Hall.1861 April 6, The Athenaeum, number 1745, page 470
    • I don't mean that you are to Grecianize their dress, any more than medievalize it.1885, Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life, letter dated January 23 1859, page 290

Forms of medievalize

third-person singular presentmedievalizes
present participlemedievalizing
past participlemedievalized
pastmedievalized
alternative formmediaevalise
alternative formmediaevalize
alternative formmedievalise

Origin of medievalize

From medieval + -ize.

Questions about medievalize

What does medievalize mean?
Medievalize means to make medieval.
What part of speech is medievalize?
Medievalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of medievalize?
The past tense of medievalize is medievalized.

Words near medievalize in the dictionary

  1. medievalist
  2. medievalistic
  3. medievalistics
  4. medievalists
  5. medievality
  6. medievalize
  7. medievalized
  8. medievalizes
  9. medievalizing
  10. medievally
  11. medievalness

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