Americanizev.

Brit.

/əˈmɛrᵻkənʌɪz/,

/əˈmɛrᵻkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/əˈmɛrəkəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s– Americanize, 1800s– Americanise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: American adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < American adj. + -ize suffix.

Originally North American.

1. transitive. To make American; to absorb or assimilate into American culture or society; to give (a person) a sense of being American. Formerly: spec. †to naturalize as a citizen of the United States (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (transitive)]

Americanize1686

Yankeeize1864

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (transitive)] > naturalize

Americanize1686

1686 W. Penn Let. 21 Sept. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1956) 80 240 I aime at Americanizeing my famely, and come prepared accordingly.

1797 J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1893) IV. 232 I wish to see our people more Americanized, if I may use that expression; until we feel and act as an independent nation.

1806 N. Webster Compend. Dict. Eng. Lang. Americanize, to render American.

1819 H. M. Brackenridge Voy. S. Amer. II. iv. 218 The defence of Louisiana did more to Americanize the people of that state, than the diffusion of information for the preceding ten years.

1857 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 83 We owe the following touching tribute of the heart to the pen of a lady, English by birth, but now Americanized by marriage.

1898 Library Jrnl. June 229/2 The library should be wholly American, and its influence tend wholly toward Americanizing the foreign-born.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 25 May 14 The younger one is already Americanized.

1948 B. Griffith Amer. Me ii. iv. 159 The sentimental teacher does not Americanize the children..she Mexicanizes them.

1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 Sept. 33/2 I am a Russian-born Jew who grew up in Brooklyn and was Americanized by sports.

2. intransitive. To become American; esp. to acquire an American character, form, or style.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (intransitive)]

Americanize1854

1779 H. Walpole Let. 9 May in Corr. (1967) XXIV. 473 Ireland has much the air of Americanizing.

1829 R. Sharp Diary 26 Nov. (1997) 235 I think if he has a mind to Americanise he cannot raise the needful to get him there.

1854 T. Cholmondeley Ultima Thule xix. 324 I am convinced that society in such a colony as New Zealand must daily Americanise.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 77 He was Americanizing in that good lady's hands as fast as she could transform him.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 19 Oct. 5 I fancy Asia will not Americanize very fast.

1927 W. Lewis in Enemy No. 2. 8 There is among the younger writers a certain movement to americanize. The tendency is to isolate America from Europe, and to produce an art that shall be starkly american, for the Americans.

1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) II. xvii. 179 America is Europeanizing on as extensive a pattern as Europe is Americanizing.

2001 N.Y. Times 10 June iv. 7/2 The diocese sent an Irish priest..who tried to encourage his parish to Americanize by prohibiting the German language.

3. transitive. To make American in character, form, or style. N.E.D. (1884) notes (with reference only to quots. 1830, 1859): ‘Chiefly a term of English party politics, intended to be opprobrious.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [verb (transitive)]

Americanize1798

1798 C. H. Atherton Oration Anniv. Amer. Independence 21 Let us Americanize our feelings, nor suffer our own interests to go to ruin, while we are gossiping about the welfare of our neighbours.

1830 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 238 They take upon themselves to scout learning..Americanize episcopacy and the liturgy.

1859 J. Bright Speeches 9 They say we must not on any account ‘Americanize’ our institutions.

1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 177 The American name chapparel cock is evidently the Mexican name caporal Americanized.

1914 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 56 180 If Europe is being Americanized, America in compensation is being induced by an internal impulse to Europeanize herself.

1956 K. Tynan Let. 12 Nov. (1994) iii. 209 You may be right; I haven't your text to hand. Though why the flier should be Americanized I don't quite understand.

2006 Hotdog Nov. 83/1 That style is not really popular here so I felt that I could Americanise it and make it my own.

4. transitive. To bring under the influence or control of the United States.

ΚΠ

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 595 His wish is to see Greece ‘not Anglicized, but Americanized’.

1835 Texas Hist. Q. 13 272 The cause of philanthropy and liberty, also, will be promoted by Americanizing Texas.

1858 De Bow's Rev. Feb. 121 The two last and most approved methods of Americanizing Central America, namely by the arms and money of the Federal Government.

1928 L. H. Jenks Our Cuban Colony x. 176 They intended to Americanize Cuba and make her part of the American political system.

1997 D. Kutz in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) viii. 389 Kennedy..was the one who had made the two decisions which Americanized the war.

2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 May 13/1 The callow instrument of neoconservative ideologues, obsessed since the end of the cold war with missionary zeal to Americanize the world.

†5. intransitive. To use Americanisms in language. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [verb (intransitive)] > use Americanisms

Americanize1839

1839 Q. Rev. Oct. 311 The second example will satisfy Mr. Murray that Hood Americanizes not.

Derivatives

Aˈmericaˌnizer n.

ΚΠ

1862 D. W. Mitchell Ten Years in U.S. xviii. 320 What more could any Americanizer ask?

1932 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 8 July 4/2 The process is healthiest..when it is gradual.., not hastened by tactless ‘Americanizers’, stoking the fire of the melting pot.

2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Aug. a20 Our Americanizers, our anti-Canadians,..say that..we should accelerate the integration of our country into the U.S.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	americanize
释义	Americanizev. Brit. /əˈmɛrᵻkənʌɪz/, /əˈmɛrᵻkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈmɛrəkəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s– Americanize, 1800s– Americanise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: American adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < American adj. + -ize suffix. Originally North American. 1. transitive. To make American; to absorb or assimilate into American culture or society; to give (a person) a sense of being American. Formerly: spec. †to naturalize as a citizen of the United States (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (transitive)] Americanize1686 Yankeeize1864 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (transitive)] > naturalize Americanize1686 1686 W. Penn Let. 21 Sept. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1956) 80 240 I aime at Americanizeing my famely, and come prepared accordingly. 1797 J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1893) IV. 232 I wish to see our people more Americanized, if I may use that expression; until we feel and act as an independent nation. 1806 N. Webster Compend. Dict. Eng. Lang. Americanize, to render American. 1819 H. M. Brackenridge Voy. S. Amer. II. iv. 218 The defence of Louisiana did more to Americanize the people of that state, than the diffusion of information for the preceding ten years. 1857 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 83 We owe the following touching tribute of the heart to the pen of a lady, English by birth, but now Americanized by marriage. 1898 Library Jrnl. June 229/2 The library should be wholly American, and its influence tend wholly toward Americanizing the foreign-born. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 25 May 14 The younger one is already Americanized. 1948 B. Griffith Amer. Me ii. iv. 159 The sentimental teacher does not Americanize the children..she Mexicanizes them. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 Sept. 33/2 I am a Russian-born Jew who grew up in Brooklyn and was Americanized by sports. 2. intransitive. To become American; esp. to acquire an American character, form, or style. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [verb (intransitive)] Americanize1854 1779 H. Walpole Let. 9 May in Corr. (1967) XXIV. 473 Ireland has much the air of Americanizing. 1829 R. Sharp Diary 26 Nov. (1997) 235 I think if he has a mind to Americanise he cannot raise the needful to get him there. 1854 T. Cholmondeley Ultima Thule xix. 324 I am convinced that society in such a colony as New Zealand must daily Americanise. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 77 He was Americanizing in that good lady's hands as fast as she could transform him. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 19 Oct. 5 I fancy Asia will not Americanize very fast. 1927 W. Lewis in Enemy No. 2. 8 There is among the younger writers a certain movement to americanize. The tendency is to isolate America from Europe, and to produce an art that shall be starkly american, for the Americans. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) II. xvii. 179 America is Europeanizing on as extensive a pattern as Europe is Americanizing. 2001 N.Y. Times 10 June iv. 7/2 The diocese sent an Irish priest..who tried to encourage his parish to Americanize by prohibiting the German language. 3. transitive. To make American in character, form, or style. N.E.D. (1884) notes (with reference only to quots. 1830, 1859): ‘Chiefly a term of English party politics, intended to be opprobrious.’ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [verb (transitive)] Americanize1798 1798 C. H. Atherton Oration Anniv. Amer. Independence 21 Let us Americanize our feelings, nor suffer our own interests to go to ruin, while we are gossiping about the welfare of our neighbours. 1830 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 238 They take upon themselves to scout learning..Americanize episcopacy and the liturgy. 1859 J. Bright Speeches 9 They say we must not on any account ‘Americanize’ our institutions. 1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 177 The American name chapparel cock is evidently the Mexican name caporal Americanized. 1914 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 56 180 If Europe is being Americanized, America in compensation is being induced by an internal impulse to Europeanize herself. 1956 K. Tynan Let. 12 Nov. (1994) iii. 209 You may be right; I haven't your text to hand. Though why the flier should be Americanized I don't quite understand. 2006 Hotdog Nov. 83/1 That style is not really popular here so I felt that I could Americanise it and make it my own. 4. transitive. To bring under the influence or control of the United States. ΚΠ 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 595 His wish is to see Greece ‘not Anglicized, but Americanized’. 1835 Texas Hist. Q. 13 272 The cause of philanthropy and liberty, also, will be promoted by Americanizing Texas. 1858 De Bow's Rev. Feb. 121 The two last and most approved methods of Americanizing Central America, namely by the arms and money of the Federal Government. 1928 L. H. Jenks Our Cuban Colony x. 176 They intended to Americanize Cuba and make her part of the American political system. 1997 D. Kutz in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) viii. 389 Kennedy..was the one who had made the two decisions which Americanized the war. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 May 13/1 The callow instrument of neoconservative ideologues, obsessed since the end of the cold war with missionary zeal to Americanize the world. †5. intransitive. To use Americanisms in language. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [verb (intransitive)] > use Americanisms Americanize1839 1839 Q. Rev. Oct. 311 The second example will satisfy Mr. Murray that Hood Americanizes not. Derivatives Aˈmericaˌnizer n. ΚΠ 1862 D. W. Mitchell Ten Years in U.S. xviii. 320 What more could any Americanizer ask? 1932 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 8 July 4/2 The process is healthiest..when it is gradual.., not hastened by tactless ‘Americanizers’, stoking the fire of the melting pot. 2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Aug. a20 Our Americanizers, our anti-Canadians,..say that..we should accelerate the integration of our country into the U.S. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1686
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