historize

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verb

To relate as history.

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Meanings

verbhistorize (third-person singular simple present historizes, present participle historizing, simple past and past participle historized)

present singular third person historizes · participle present historizing · participle past historized · past historized

  1. To relate as history.
  2. To chronicle.
  3. To historicize.

    fountaines, under which is historized the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis

    1645 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for May 6 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC

Origin

From history + -ize.

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APA

historize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historize

MLA

“historize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “historize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historize.

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