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- verb Present participle of
Gothicize .
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All this adds a note of poignancy to the glorious shots of these homes, which range from former castles to Georgian manors to others gussied up by the Gothicizing craze of the 19th-century think crenellation and turrets.
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Gothicizing it, assisted by the taste and designs of his friend
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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In good sooth, they were somewhat defaced by Cromwell having mounted his cannon on the roof to batter the Castle; of which, when I saw it, he had left little but ruins; and they were choked up by a vile modern brick house, which I know Solomon has pulled down: for he came hither two years ago to consult me about Gothicizing his restoration of the castle.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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Art. Although Burchfield's forests and skyscapes do not always give me enough subtleties of color or form to entirely engage my eye, I do admire the Gothicizing, fairy tale dimension in his paintings, which are almost without exception done in watercolor.
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Art. Although Burchfield's forests and skyscapes do not always give me enough subtleties of color or form to entirely engage my eye, I do admire the Gothicizing, fairy tale dimension in his paintings, which are almost without exception done in watercolor.
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