Anglicize

[ang-gluh-sahyz]

verb (used with or without object), An·gli·cized, An·gli·ciz·ing.

(sometimes lowercase) to make or become English in form or character: to Anglicize the pronunciation of a Russian name.

Also especially British, An·gli·cise.

Origin of Anglicize

1700–10; < Medieval Latin Anglic(us) English + -ize

Related formsAn·gli·ci·za·tion, nounde-An·gli·cize, verb (used with object), de-An·gli·cized, de-An·gli·ciz·ing.half-An·gli·cized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for anglicised

Historical Examples

Their name is now Anglicised by the omission of one of the final n's.
Toronto of Old
Henry Scadding
Castoleto is not an Anglo-Saxon resort; it is small and of no reputation, and not as yet Anglicised.
The Lee Shore
Rose Macaulay
One is the appearance of the name "Ardélie," which our own Lady Winchelsea took and anglicised as her coterie title.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1
George Saintsbury
But the real fact is, that there is nothing outlandish about Punch except the name, and even that has been Anglicised.
The Comic English Grammar
Unknown
It is but the Anglicised form of the French esprit, a word that has no entirely satisfactory English equivalent.
Proverb Lore
F. Edward Hulme

British Dictionary definitions for anglicised

anglicize

anglicise anglify (ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ)

verb -cizes, -cizing, -cized, -cises, -cising, -cised, -fies, -fying or -fied

(sometimes capital) to make or become English in outlook, attitude, form, etc

Derived Formsanglicization or anglicisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for anglicised

anglicize

v.

1710, with -ize + Medieval Latin Anglicus "of the English," from Angli "the Angles" (see Angle). Related: Anglicized; anglicizing.

Anglicize

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Examples from the Web for anglicised

Historical Examples

Their name is now Anglicised by the omission of one of the final n's.

Castoleto is not an Anglo-Saxon resort; it is small and of no reputation, and not as yet Anglicised.

One is the appearance of the name "Ardélie," which our own Lady Winchelsea took and anglicised as her coterie title.

But the real fact is, that there is nothing outlandish about Punch except the name, and even that has been Anglicised.

It is but the Anglicised form of the French esprit, a word that has no entirely satisfactory English equivalent.

anglicize

anglicise anglify (ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ)

Word Origin and History for anglicised

anglicize

v.

Origin of Anglicize