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unbarbarize

unbarbarize verb: to make no longer barbarian or barbaric.

Verb

unbarbarize (third-person singular simple present unbarbarizes, present participle unbarbarizing, simple past and past participle unbarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer barbarian or barbaric.

Forms of unbarbarize

third-person singular presentunbarbarizes
present participleunbarbarizing
past participleunbarbarized
pastunbarbarized

Origin of unbarbarize

From un- + barbarize.

Questions about unbarbarize

What does unbarbarize mean?
Unbarbarize means to make no longer barbarian or barbaric.
What part of speech is unbarbarize?
Unbarbarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbarbarize?
The past tense of unbarbarize is unbarbarized.

Words near unbarbarize in the dictionary

  1. unbarb
  2. unbarbarise
  3. unbarbarised
  4. unbarbarises
  5. unbarbarising
  6. unbarbarize
  7. unbarbarized
  8. unbarbarizes
  9. unbarbarizing
  10. unbarbarous
  11. unbarbecued

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