stylize
Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlaɪz/
The English word “stylize” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
- To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
- To represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question.
Etymology
From style + -ize. Probably from German stilisieren.
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