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Term: Archaise

Part of speech: Verb

Sense: To imitate or adopt archaic language, style, or mannerisms.

Sample sentence:

She archaised her speech by using thee and thou instead of you and your.

Part of speech: Verb

Sense: To restore or bring back to an earlier, antiquated state or form.

Sample sentence:

The historical museum archaised the room to resemble a 19th-century parlor.

Part of speech: Adjective

Sense: In the style or manner of something from an earlier time; antiquated.

Sample sentence:

Her wardrobe was filled with archaise dresses from the 1920s.

Part of speech: Noun

Sense: A person who uses archaic language, style, or mannerisms.

Sample sentence:

The playwright was known as an archaise for his preference to write in Shakespearean English.

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