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Definition of anglicize in English: anglicize(British anglicise) verb ˈaŋɡlɪsʌɪzˈæŋɡləˌsaɪz [with object]Make English in form or character. he anglicized his name to Goodman Example sentencesExamples - In 1816 Saartje Bartman, a South African woman whose original name is unknown and whose Dutch name had been anglicized to Sarah Bartmann, died in Paris.
- This comic operetta tells the story of a South Sea Island despot who wishes to anglicise his island by importing all things English.
- His daughter, however, is somewhat anglicised.
- While not anti-English, it is decidedly pro-Gaelic (even insisting on Gaelic names in cases where anglicised forms are far more familiar to Scots) and tends to be anti-Presbyterian.
- Some Finnish Americans anglicized their names and joined American churches and clubs.
- This will also prevent English being used on road signs, and anglicised forms of Irish place names are likely to disappear from use.
- As a result many of these students alter their speech in order to be accepted into an anglicised Scottish middle class intelligentsia, further validating anglicised language and manners as a prerequisite for participation.
- The United States anglicized the name to ‘Porto Rico’ when it occupied the island in 1898 after the Spanish-American War.
- Well-meaning and often charming, my father escaped his heritage as much he could by marrying a non-Italian non-Catholic; he anglicized his name from Vittorio Giuseppe to Victor John Corsini.
- Years later they anglicised their names for the sake of their daughter.
- Griggs anglicised the name, reshaped the heel, added the yellow stitching and trademarked the AirWair soles.
- He obtained employment with the Parke family of Dunally House as a gardener circa 1840 and had to anglicise his family name to Foley.
- The Battenbergs also anglicized their name to Mountbatten.
- The De Boyvilles - the name was anglicised in the 18th century - claim Kelburn is the oldest castle in Scotland to have been continuously occupied by one family.
- A communist and uncompromising anti-militarist from well before Hitler rose to power, he was born Herzefeld and anglicised his name as a protest against rampant nationalism during the war.
- They called it Bom Bahia, a name that was subsequently anglicised to Bombay under the Raj.
- However a move in South Australia to change or anglicise New Australians' names was strongly resisted.
- Among Comte's crimes is having coined the term ‘sociology,’ though I suspect he wrote sociologie and someone else anglicized it.
- For Owen, to whom speaking English has brought success and respectability, anglicising Irish place names represents the modernisation of Ireland as a nation.
- I genuinely don't know how people see me in Scotland, if they think I'm too anglicised or whatever.
Derivatives noun The National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights attempted to defend Scottish values against anglicization but was not an effective political force. Example sentencesExamples - A letter of complaint has been sent to An Post about the anglicisation of its name to The Post Office and a motion condemning this retrograde step was passed unanimously.
- Our own town of Athy owes its name to the anglicization of the Gaelic place name Ath Í meaning the Ford of Ae.
- The Union had brought remarkable benefits but at the cost of anglicisation; as Scott put it, ‘what makes Scotland Scotland is fast disappearing’.
- No, what they're worried about is the anglicisation of the grammar itself.
Definition of anglicize in US English: anglicize(British anglicise) verbˈaNGɡləˌsīzˈæŋɡləˌsaɪz [with object]Make English in form or character. he anglicized his name to Goodman Example sentencesExamples - Years later they anglicised their names for the sake of their daughter.
- He obtained employment with the Parke family of Dunally House as a gardener circa 1840 and had to anglicise his family name to Foley.
- A communist and uncompromising anti-militarist from well before Hitler rose to power, he was born Herzefeld and anglicised his name as a protest against rampant nationalism during the war.
- They called it Bom Bahia, a name that was subsequently anglicised to Bombay under the Raj.
- Well-meaning and often charming, my father escaped his heritage as much he could by marrying a non-Italian non-Catholic; he anglicized his name from Vittorio Giuseppe to Victor John Corsini.
- While not anti-English, it is decidedly pro-Gaelic (even insisting on Gaelic names in cases where anglicised forms are far more familiar to Scots) and tends to be anti-Presbyterian.
- In 1816 Saartje Bartman, a South African woman whose original name is unknown and whose Dutch name had been anglicized to Sarah Bartmann, died in Paris.
- Some Finnish Americans anglicized their names and joined American churches and clubs.
- Griggs anglicised the name, reshaped the heel, added the yellow stitching and trademarked the AirWair soles.
- Among Comte's crimes is having coined the term ‘sociology,’ though I suspect he wrote sociologie and someone else anglicized it.
- I genuinely don't know how people see me in Scotland, if they think I'm too anglicised or whatever.
- For Owen, to whom speaking English has brought success and respectability, anglicising Irish place names represents the modernisation of Ireland as a nation.
- However a move in South Australia to change or anglicise New Australians' names was strongly resisted.
- The De Boyvilles - the name was anglicised in the 18th century - claim Kelburn is the oldest castle in Scotland to have been continuously occupied by one family.
- This comic operetta tells the story of a South Sea Island despot who wishes to anglicise his island by importing all things English.
- As a result many of these students alter their speech in order to be accepted into an anglicised Scottish middle class intelligentsia, further validating anglicised language and manners as a prerequisite for participation.
- The United States anglicized the name to ‘Porto Rico’ when it occupied the island in 1898 after the Spanish-American War.
- The Battenbergs also anglicized their name to Mountbatten.
- This will also prevent English being used on road signs, and anglicised forms of Irish place names are likely to disappear from use.
- His daughter, however, is somewhat anglicised.
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