historicize

historicize
/hi stawr"euh suyz', -stor"-/, v., historicized, historicizing.
v.i.
1. to interpret something as a product of historical development.
v.t.
2. to narrate as history; render historic.
Also, esp. Brit., historicise.
[1840-50; HISTORIC + -IZE]

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