# stylize

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstaɪlaɪz/

## Definitions
1. To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
2. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stylize