classicize

[klas-uh-sahyz]

clas·si·cize

[klas-uh-sahyz] verb, clas·si·cized, clas·si·ciz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make classic.
verb (used without object)
2.
to conform to the classic style.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
Also, especially British, clas·si·cise.


Origin:
1850–55; classic + -ize
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classicize or classicise (ˈklæsɪˌsaɪz)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to make classic
2.  (intr) to imitate classical style
 
classicise or classicise
 
vb

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