barbarize
1Barbarize — Bar ba*rize, v. t. [Cf. F. barbariser, LL. barbarizare.] To make barbarous. [1913 Webster] The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke. [1913 Webster] …
2Barbarize — Bar ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Barbarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbarizing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To become barbarous. [1913 Webster] The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. To adopt a… …
3barbarize — index brutalize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4barbarize — (Amer.) bar·ba·rize || bÉ‘ËbÉ™raɪz v. make barbarous, vulgarize, make uncivilized, become uncivilized; make cruel, become cruel (also barbarise) …
5barbarize — [bär′bə rīz΄] vt. barbarized, barbarizing [ML barbarizare < Gr barbarizein, to behave like a barbarian] to make barbarous; coarsen, brutalize, etc. vi. to become barbarous barbarization n …
6barbarize — verb ( rized; rizing) Date: 1602 transitive verb to make barbarian or barbarous intransitive verb to become barbarous • barbarization noun …
7barbarize — barbarization, n. /bahr beuh ruyz /, v., barbarized, barbarizing. v.t. 1. to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language. v.i. 2. to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism. 3. to use barbarisms in… …
8barbarize — verb to cause to become savage or uncultured …
9barbarize — bar·ba·rize …
10barbarize — bar•ba•rize [[t]ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz[/t]] v. rized, riz•ing 1) to make barbarous 2) to become barbarous • Etymology: 1635–45 bar ba•ri•za′ newlij;tion, n …
