Rebarbarization

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebarbarize \Re*bar"ba*rize\ (r[=e]*b[aum]r"b[.a]*r[imac]z), v.
     t.
     To reduce again to barbarism. -- {Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion}
     (r[=e]*b[aum]r"b[.a]*r[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
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           Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and
           religious wars.                          --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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