archaize
/ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪˌaɪz/
Meaning
To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
Examples
The statue had an archaized quality to it.
An Egyptologist's mind immediately turns to the ancient Egyptian counterpart to such an imagined protosactuary: a reed hut that all late Egyptian temples, in their archaizing longing to return to the origins, sought to emulate in stone through the typically Egyptian temple features of inward-sloping walls, torus and corvetto cornice.
Word Forms
archaizes
archaizing
archaized
archaise
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō).