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Gothicize

[ goth-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Goth·i·cized, Goth·i·ciz·ing.
  1. to make gothic, as in style.


Gothicize

/ ˈɡɒθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to make Gothic in style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈGothiˌcizer, noun
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Other Words From

  • Gothi·cizer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gothicize1

First recorded in 1740–50; Gothic ( def ) + -ize
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Example Sentences

Your imagination is altogether Gothic, and will inevitably Gothicize everything that you touch.

This clerical rake would, if he could, Gothicize this nation of freemen.

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