Home › Words › H › historizehistorizehistorize means to relate as history.EtymologyFrom history + -ize.verbTo relate as history.To chronicle.To historicize.e.g.“fountaines, under which is historized the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis” — 1645 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for May 6 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, LondoDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.historify 79% match — To record in or as history. vs historize →historicize 78% match — To treat from the perspective of history or historicism vs historize →historization 72% match — The process of historizing. vs historize →dehistoricize 65% match — To separate or remove from history; to deprive of historical context. vs historize →historiographic 64% match — Relating to the writing of history. vs historize →history 64% match — The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded. vs historize →historicalization 64% match — The framing of something in an historical perspective. vs historize →historically 63% match — In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record. vs historize →