v. (UN-2 6 c b.)
1818. Keats, Lett. (1848), I. 133. I shall have it bound in Gothique—a nice sombre binding: it will go a little way to unmodernize.
1834. Lamb, in N. & Q., Ser. VI. IV. 223/1. ‘Ween,’ and ‘wist,’… are antiquated frippery, and unmodernize a poem rather than give it an antique air.
