rebarbarize

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ barbarize.

Verb

rebarbarize (third-person singular simple present rebarbarizes, present participle rebarbarizing, simple past and past participle rebarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism.
    • 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:
      Germany [] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars.

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