to classicize
1classicize — v. t. to make classic or classical. [WordNet 1.5] …
2classicize — (Amer.) v. follow classic style; make classic, make classical (also classicise) …
3classicize — [klas′əsīz΄] vt. classicized, classicizing to make classic or classical vi. to use or affect a classic style or form …
4classicize — verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1854 transitive verb to make classic or classical intransitive verb to follow classic style …
5classicize — /klas euh suyz /, v., classicized, classicizing. v.t. 1. to make classic. v.i. 2. to conform to the classic style. Also, esp. Brit., classicise. [1850 55; CLASSIC + IZE] * * * …
6classicize — verb a) To make classic. b) To conform to the classic style …
7classicize — or classicise verb [usu. as adjective classicizing] imitate a classical style: the classicizing strains in Guercino s art …
8classicize — clas·si·cize …
9classicize — clas•si•cize [[t]ˈklæs əˌsaɪz[/t]] v. cized, ciz•ing 1) to make classic 2) to conform to the classic style • Etymology: 1850–55 …
10classicize — v. (also ise) 1 tr. make classic. 2 intr. imitate a classical style …
