Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make classic or classical.
- intransitive verb To conform to classic style.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render classic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to make classic or classical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
classic . - verb To conform to the classic style.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make classic or classical
Etymologies
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classic + -ize
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Examples
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It was enough for him to classicize the realistic incident.
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