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Barbarize

Barbarize Meaning & Definition
Barbarize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbarize?

[v] make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man"
[v] become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbarize: barbarise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbarize:

See Also | alter | change

Barbarize In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"ba*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Barbarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbarizing}.] 1. To become barbarous. The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. --De Quincey. 2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. --Milton.
\Bar"ba*rize\, v. t. [Cf. F. barbariser, LL. barbarizare.] To make barbarous. The hideous changes which have barbarized France. --Burke.

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