historizev.

1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles sig. f.iij/2 Saules conuerting to Christ historised.

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 8 Euen those Legends of Saints and tales at which children..smile, are there solemnly historized in their Cathedrall Pulpits.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 196 That..Knight [i.e. Sir Walter Raleigh], whose Fame shall contend in longævity..with that great World which he Historiseth so gallantly.

1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI i. 219 We may not forget to historize the Deaths, as we have done the Lives of worthy men.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 220 This being so plainly historized in the Scriptures of the Old Testament.

1799 R. Leggett Defamation Churches & Ministers of Christ 23 My reading and observation have taught me the fallacy of historizing the prophetic parts of God's word unaccomplished.

1819 Gentleman's Mag. 89 Suppl. ii. 604/1 Number, and extent, and gravity, may be historised apart from the bodies in which they are inherent.

1858 National Mag. Aug. 129/1 Leave out names and dates, historize only the spirit, and the record will answer for all time and every place.

1917 Carpenter May 7/2 One author whose voluminous work purporting to historize labor..appears to have deemed these olden matters of useless comparison.

1995 Past & Present 148 199 The situation has become far more complex as a result of quite different efforts..to historize National Socialism.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Historiare, to historize, to write or tell histories.

1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια To knowing Rdr. While Druyd like..Vnder their bloomy shade, I Historize.

1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος I. 100 Our next adventure I must detail at length..because I am obliged to historize awhile before I enter immediately upon the business.

1838 B. Corney Ideas on Controv. 22 You have..attempted to historize, to ratiocinate, to sentimentalize.

1867 J. Martin tr. F. Delitzsch Biblical Comm. on Prophecies of Isaiah I. 65 His excessive tendency to ‘historize’ (historisiren, i.e. to give a purely historical interpretation to everything) makes him blind even to the poetry of the form.

1941 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 13 537 In these two substantial volumes Heckscher,..undertakes to theorize as well as to historize.

1991 Arion Fall 65 If we are to historize, we might do so more thoroughly.

1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 11 The Genius of Historizing [Fr. historier] and framing a Noble Idea upon the Subject one would Paint, is a particular Talent, not to be acquir'd by Study or Labour.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 396 A long & spacious Walk, full of Fountaines, under which is historiz'd the who<le> Ovidian Metamorphosis in mezzo Relievo.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iv. 159 Those admirable Paintings of Holbein..Historizing that Expedition to Bullogn.