Meanings
present singular third person archaizes · participle present archaizing · participle past archaized · past archaized · alternative archaise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
The statue had an archaized quality to it.
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An Egyptologist's mind immediately turns to the ancient Egyptian counterpart to such an imagined protosactuary: a reed hut that all late Egyptian temples, in their archaizing longing to return to the origins, sought to emulate in stone through the typically Egyptian temple features of inward-sloping walls, torus and corvetto cornice.
2018, Jan Assmann, The Invention of Religion - BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitiveTo speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀρχαΐζω
- Englisharchaize
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō).
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Catalan arcaïtzar
- arcaïtzarTo give an archaic quality or character to
French archaïser
- archaïserTo give an archaic quality or character to
German archaisieren, altertümeln
- archaisierenTo give an archaic quality or character to
- altertümelnTo give an archaic quality or character to
Greek αρχαΐζω
- αρχαΐζω (archaḯzo)To give an archaic quality or character to
Norwegian arkaisere
- arkaisereTo give an archaic quality or character to
Polish archaizować, zarchaizować
- archaizowaćTo give an archaic quality or character to
- zarchaizowaćTo give an archaic quality or character to
Portuguese arcaizar
- arcaizarTo give an archaic quality or character to
Romanian arhaiza
- arhaizaTo give an archaic quality or character to
Swedish arkaisera
- arkaiseraTo give an archaic quality or character to
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Cite this entry
archaize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaize
“archaize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archaize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaize.
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