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historicize

[ hi-stawr-uh-sahyz, -stor- ]

verb (used without object)

, his·tor·i·cized, his·tor·i·ciz·ing.
  1. to interpret something as a product of historical development.

verb (used with object)

, his·tor·i·cized, his·tor·i·ciz·ing.
  1. to narrate as history; render historic.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of historicize1

First recorded in 1840–50; historic + -ize

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