transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become crude, savage, or barbarous.

To speak or write like a barbarian or foreigner; use barbarisms in speech or writing.

To become barbarous.

To corrupt (language, art, etc.) by introducing impurities, or by departing from recognized classical standards.

To render barbarous.

Also spelled barbarise.

transitive verb. To make barbarous.

intransitive verb. To become barbarous.

intransitive verb. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.

verb. to cause to become savage or uncultured

verb. make crude or savage in behavior or speech

verb. become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language

"Italian, or their native tongue; Pombal declaring, that the custom of speaking Latin was only "to teach them to barbarize.""

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