Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic.
- intransitive verb To use archaisms, as in prose, to suggest the past.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To use or imitate what is archaic; imitate an olden style; especially, to make use of archaisms in speech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make appear archaic or antique.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To give an
archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give an archaic appearance of character to
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I have a few questions about archaizing---to James and anyone who cares to answer: 1. Why did people in the ancient world archaize?
Linguistics and the Dating of Texts James F. McGrath 2010
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2. Why didn't they consistently archaize, if that was their goal?
Linguistics and the Dating of Texts James F. McGrath 2010
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