historize

English

Etymology

From history +‎ -ize.

Verb

historize (third-person singular simple present historizes, present participle historizing, simple past and past participle historized)

1. To relate as history.
2. To chronicle.
3. 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

• “historize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.