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Definitions for: Barbarize [v] make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man"
[v] become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
Webster (1913) Definition: Bar"ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Barbarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing.]
1. To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the
time of Trajan. --De Quincey.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against
the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored
Anglicisms. --Milton.
Bar"ba*rize, v. t. [Cf. F. barbariser, LL.
barbarizare.]
To make barbarous.
The hideous changes which have barbarized France.
--Burke.
Synonyms: barbarise
See Also: alter, change
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