archaize, v.
(ˈɑːkeɪaɪz)
[ad. Gr. ἀρχαῑ́ζ-ειν: see archaism.]
To imitate the archaic; to render archaistic. Hence ˈarchaizer, one who uses archaisms, an archaist; ˈarchaizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1850 J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art. §310 The painting of marble in the antique and archaizing style. 1880 Waldstein Pythag. Rhegion 20 Those who merely look for archaising. 1881 Mahaffy in Athenæum 2 July 14/3 An archaizing hand of the ninth century. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 332 It may be remembered that Varro was himself something of an archaizer. 1906 Academy 1 Dec. 543/1 Poets in uncritical times do not archaise. 1921 Glover Jesus in Exper. Men viii. 134 The rather fabulous ‘Age of Faith’ is not for us, however much we archaize. 1933 Burlington Mag. Dec. 287/1 The artist obviously has consciously archaized it. 1939 A. J. Toynbee Stud. Hist. VI. v. 67 Modern Ottoman Turkish—as it was until the other day, when the archaizers took it in hand. |