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Gallicize

American  
[gal-uh-sahyz] / ˈgæl əˌsaɪz /
especially British, gallicise

verb (used with or without object)

Gallicized, Gallicizing
  1. (sometimes lowercase) to make or become French in language, character, etc.


Gallicize British  
/ ˈɡælɪˌsaɪz /

verb

  1. to make or become French in attitude, language, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Gallicize

1765–75; < Latin Gallic ( us ) Gallic + -ize

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Gallicize it as you wish, make it smart and fashionable as you can.

From A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

As Faye Landes, an analyst at Cowen & Company, a financial services company, told The New York Times last week, Target needs to revive the sheen that once earned it the affectionately Gallicized sobriquet “Tar-Jay.”

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2014

The former French Vogue editor, who was recently appointed global fashion director for Harper's Bazaar, tried vainly to explain her métier, which boiled down, in her charmingly Gallicized phrasing, to "making happen a dream."

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2012

The drama fell into Gallicized hands at the death of Vondel and his immediate disciples.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Brigadier-general Conway, the Gallicized Hibernian, was in the division of Lord Stirling.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

Against the side of the building were posters advertising a French company to play the Gallicized version of an American farce—"Baby Mine"—by Margaret Mayo.

From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Some of the Reform Clubs sought to moderate the Gallicizing zeal of the extreme wing.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

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