Present participle of classicise (British spelling); the act of making something classical or conforming it to classical standards.
From 'classicise' + '-ing' (present participle). Maintains the British '-ise' spelling while adding the standard gerund suffix.
When Victorian scholars were 'classicising' medieval texts, they were literally rewriting history—replacing perceived barbarism with classical order, which meant we lost authentic medieval voices for centuries until modern scholars recovered them.
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