archaize
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Is archaize a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of archaize?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.Examples: "The statue had an archaized quality to it."; "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."BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitive
2. (intransitive) To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitive
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