Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form into an academy, or subject to the rules of an academy.
- An operatic company or choral club organized for the study and rendering of musical works.
- A building devoted to the rendering of musical works. The most famous of the many Italian academies is that of Bologna, founded in 1482. The French Academy, which is a royal subvention for the performance of opera, really dates from the privilege granted in 1669. The earlier operas of Handel were largely written for an operatic association called the Royal Academy.
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- verb transitive To make
academic .
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Are we now going to 'academize' psychopathic killings and put the blame on American mores as a fount for them?
This should prove interesting ... Frank Wilson 2007
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Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West will sometimes over-academize hip-hop culture and vice-versa, but they are the guys whose comments I would like to read after they research this. posted by KaneCitizen at 9: 36 PM
Archive 2005-06-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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