Barbarize — Defs

01 v. i. To become barbarous.

imp. & p. p. Barbarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing

1.
To become barbarous.
“The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan.” — De Quincey.
2.
To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
“The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms.” — Milton.

02 v. t. To make barbarous.

1.
To make barbarous.
“The hideous changes which have barbarized France.” — Burke.