barbarize /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹaɪz/ verb3 •To cause to become savage or uncultured. •To become savage or uncultured.The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. — 1839 •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. — 1644 formsbarbarized · barbarizing · barbarizes