About The Word Barbarize
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Barbarize
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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: 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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