antiquise

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A form of antiquize — To give the appearance of being an antique.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbantiquise (third-person singular simple present antiquises, present participle antiquising, simple past and past participle antiquised)

present singular third person antiquises · participle present antiquising · participle past antiquised · past antiquised

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of antiquize.

    Subsequent results have made it impossible for this person to antiquise predictions which have since become actualities.

    1882 July 1, “The Great Strikes in the United States”, in The British Trade Journal, volume XX, page 410, column 1
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    His antiquising* remains on the outside and attains to no intellectual blossom; the pretended antique simplicity forms a contrast to the language of modern subjective feeling and passion that Marcello’s striving — under evident influence of the opera — after flexible, flowing song is by no means calculated to mitigate.[…]/ * “Antiquise”, to imitate the antique.

    1886, J. H. Cornell, transl., The History of Music in Twelve Lectures, 2nd edition, G. Schirmer, translation of original by Wilhelm Langhans, page 110

    Since the latter is definitely known to have been established around Delhi and Gwalior by end of the fifteenth century, in our opinion, it is impossible to predate khayal to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries. To those who wish to antiquise khayal gayaki, the following two questions would appear insoluble: What would be the process of training the children of the ustad from the late thirteenth to early fifteenth century?

    1988, Vinayak Purohit, Arts of Transitional India Twentieth Century, volume 2, Popular Prakashan, →ISBN, page 846

    In the medal, which has been attributed to Pietro Paolo Galeotti (1520–84), Girolamo had himself represented nude, wearing antiquising drapery. This form of representation may have expressed admiration for ancient Greek and Roman artists and had begun in the mid-fifteenth century with the medal of Giovanni Boldù (flourished 1454–c. 1477).

    2007, Catherine E. King, Representing Renaissance Art, c. 1500–c. 1600, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 44
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