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Hibernicize

American  
[hahy-bur-nuh-sahyz] / haɪˈbɜr nəˌsaɪz /
especially British, Hibernicise

verb (used with object)

Hibernicized, Hibernicizing

  1. to make Irish in character.

Etymology

Origin of Hibernicize

1805–15; < Medieval Latin Hibernic ( us ) ( Hibernicism ) + -ize

Example Sentences

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But Shakspeare unfortunately rhymes on with man, in which case we must either give the one word the Scotch pronunciation of mon, or Hibernicize the other into ahn.

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