"anachronise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈnækrənaɪz/ Audio: en-us-anachronize.oga [US] Forms: anachronise [canonical], anachronises [third-person, singular], anachronised [past], anachronised [past, participle], anachronising [present, participle]
Etymology: anachronism + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|anachronism|ise}} anachronism + -ise Head templates: {{verb|anachronis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you anachronise an event, you prematurely or incorrectly juxtapose it with notions or norms from a different time period.
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