Barbarize
to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt:
foreign influences barbarizing the latin language.
to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.
to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.
historical examples
in this age, poverty tends to barbarize men; it shuts them out from the educational influences of our times.
speeches, addresses, and occasional sermons, volume 1 (of 3) theodore parker
this might tend to barbarize, demoralize, and exasperate the whole m-ss and produce most deplorable consequences.
a compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents james d. richardson
if the most effectual method of degrading woman be to barbarize man, the certain means of dignifying her is to christianize him.
female scripture biographies, vol. ii francis augustus c-x
verb
to make or become barbarous
to use barbarisms in (language)
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