Antiquarianize

/ˌæntɪkˈwɛəriənaɪz/ verb

To make something antiquarian in character or to study something with the methods and interests of an antiquarian.

From antiquarian (lover of old things, from Latin antiquarius) plus the suffix -ize (to cause to be or become). Developed in English around the 18th-19th centuries as antiquarianism became a more formalized scholarly pursuit.

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