historize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
historize (third-person singular simple present historizes, present participle historizing, simple past and past participle historized)
- To relate as history.
- To chronicle.
- To historicize.
- 1645 May 16 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for May 6 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
- fountaines, under which is historized the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis
References[edit]
- “historize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.