Anglicize
(sometimes lowercase) to make or become English in form or character: to Anglicize the pronunciation of a Russian name.
Origin of Anglicize
1- Also especially British, An·gli·cise .
Other words from Anglicize
- An·gli·ci·za·tion, noun
- de-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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How to use Anglicize in a sentence
This last is the nearest to the Gaelic original, all the preceding anglicised forms being derived from it.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceAnother form of wisha, and both anglicised from the Irish m'seadh, used in Irish in much the same sense.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceShrough; a rough wet place; an incorrect anglicised form of Irish srath, a wet place, a marsh.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceMichelangelo (commonly anglicised as above) Buonarroti (which surname, however, is commonly dropped) is the Titan of Italian art.
I have rechristened "Johnny Glaik" for the sake of the rhyme, and anglicised the few Scotticisms.
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British Dictionary definitions for anglicize
anglicise anglify (ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ)
/ (ˈæŋɡlɪˌsaɪz) /
(sometimes capital) to make or become English in outlook, attitude, form, etc
Derived forms of anglicize
- anglicization or anglicisation, noun
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