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archaism - use in sentences
Converse of object
- avoid: We have sought to avoid archaism, jargon, and all that is either stilted or slipshod.
- use: Determining whether Shakespeare uses archaisms consciously requires a close examination of his language word by word.
- remove: He is on the whole a much clearer writer than 'āṇamoli and has tended to remove slight archaisms and awkwardnesses.
Adjective modifier
- deliberate: On the other hand, there is no law against deliberate archaism.
- verbal: Language The most common understanding of literary archaism in English is that of verbal archaism.
- few: We don't need to get rid of a few archaisms.
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