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ar⋅cha⋅ize

  [ahr-kee-ahyz, -key-] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use archaize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to give an archaic appearance or quality to: The poet archaized her work with many Elizabethan words.
–verb (used without object)
2. to use archaisms.
Also, especially British, ar⋅cha⋅ise.

Origin:
1840–50; < Gk archaízein to imitate the language of ancient authors. See archaeo-, -ize

Related forms:
ar⋅cha⋅iz⋅er, noun
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ar·cha·ize   (är'kē-īz', -kā-)   
v.   ar·cha·ized, ar·cha·iz·ing, ar·cha·iz·es

v.   tr.
To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic.
v.   intr.
To use archaisms, as in prose, to suggest the past.
ar'cha·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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