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单词 gaelicize
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Gaelicizev.

Brit. /ˈɡeɪlᵻsʌɪz/, /ˈɡalᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪləˌsaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– Gaelicise, 1800s– Gaelicize. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Gaelic adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < Gaelic adj. + -ize suffix.
transitive. To give a Gaelic character to.In quot. 1807: to analyse (a word) as Gaelic in origin.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [verb (transitive)] > Celtic > make or treat as Gaelic
Gaelicize1807
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 587 So Oakhampton, which is naturally expounded in Saxon, the town of the home of the oaks, is here Gaelicized into water-border-town.
1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 Jan. 32/1 Instead of attempting still more to Gaelicise their minds, it is our bounden duty to teach them to read, speak, think, and feel in English.
1926 Irish Times 21 June 5/4 As regards the form of our money, we can play about with it... While Gaelicising its form, there are countless ingenious ways of ‘anchoring’ its value to that of British money.
1977 Past & Present 76 27 English justiciars, who rarely spent more than five years in Ireland and can hardly be suspected of being Gaelicized.., accustomed themselves to the ebb and flow of native power struggles.
2008 R. Steinberger Shakespeare & 20th-cent. Irish Drama iii. 83 It refashions Shakespeare's concepts dealing with the inherent difficulties of linguistic, political, and cultural issues of colonial intervention and gaelicizes these issues.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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