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classicize

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clas⋅si⋅cize

  [klas-uh-sahyz] verb, -cized, -ciz⋅ing.
Use classicize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make classic.
–verb (used without object)
2. to conform to the classic style.
Also, especially British, clas⋅si⋅cise.

Origin:
1850–55; classic + -ize
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clas·si·cize   (klās'ĭ-sīz')   
v.   clas·si·cized, clas·si·ciz·ing, clas·si·ciz·es

v.   tr.
To make classic or classical.
v.   intr.
To conform to classic style.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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