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Anglicize, v.|ˈæŋglɪsaɪz|
[f. L. Anglic-us English + -ize.]
1. To make English in form or character; to english.
1710Sewall Letter-book (1886) I. 401 The best thing we can do for our Indians is to Anglicize them. 1748T. Edwards Can. Crit. 275 (T.) In all Greek words anglicised as system, hypocrite. 1795Coleridge Plot Disc. 47 Let me be pardoned, if the actions are too much anglicized. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. iv, William Longlegs, having refused, on any terms, to become Anglocised. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. I. 275 The glaring affectation of anglicising Latin words.
2. intr. (refl. pron. omitted.) rare.
1857Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. I. ix. 30 Are they allowed to Anglicise if they like, as the Scottish Highlanders were? 1882Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 60 England Americanises in some respects, in some respects America Anglicises. |