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unˈbarbarize, v.
[un-2 6 c.]
trans. To render less barbarous; to civilize. Hence (or f. un-1 8) unˈbarbarized ppl. a., civilized.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche viii. ccxxv, Mothers Who in their arms their tender Burdens brought, A sight which might all Beasts unbarbarize. 1719Ozell tr. Misson's Mem. 150 Of these original Irish, most of the Persons of Quality understand English, and lead a Life totally unbarbarized. 1752Chesterfield Lett. cclxxviii (1792) III. 275 The courts of Manheim and Bonn I take to be a little more unbarbarised than some others. 1812Southey Let. to Landor 16 April, Peru may be unbarbarized— made worse than it was under the Incas by the victory of the Indians. 1893G. Tyrrell in M. D. Petre Life (1912) II. ii. 57 If Newman were studied and assimilated it would tend to unbarbarise us. |