ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: partly from Greek barbarizein to act or speak like a barbarian, from barbaros + -izein -ize; partly from English barbar ous + -ize
intransitive verb
1. : to use barbarisms in speech or writing
2. : to become barbarous
Christianity began rapidly to barbarize — H.H.Milman
transitive verb
: to make barbarian or barbarous
the Greek world had been cut off and the Roman world barbarized — Gilbert Highet
an aristocratic and ruling class may just as well barbarize culture as revive it — William Barrett
with the end of the Roman schools the Latin used was terribly barbarized — F.B.Artz