'Barbarize' definitions:

Definition of 'barbarize'

(from WordNet)
verb
Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language [syn: barbarize, barbarise]
verb
Make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: barbarize, barbarise]

Definition of 'Barbarize'

From: GCIDE
  • Barbarize \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]

Definition of 'Barbarize'

From: GCIDE
  • Barbarize \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 foreign or barbarous mode of speech. [1913 Webster]
  • The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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