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  • nazify
    nazify
    verb (used with object)
    to place under Nazi control or influence.
  • Nazify
    Nazify
    verb
    (tr) to make Nazi in character

nazify

American  
[naht-si-fahy, nat-] / ˈnɑt sɪˌfaɪ, ˈnæt- /

verb (used with object)

(often initial capital letter)
nazified, nazifying
  1. to place under Nazi control or influence.


Nazify British  
/ ˈnɑːtsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to make Nazi in character

"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 nazify

First recorded in 1930–35; Nazi + -fy

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By November, the Evangelicals realized that Hitler's hand-picked candidate was out to Nazify their church, crucify Christian doctrine, apply the "F�hrer Principle" to church government and the "Aryan paragraph" to church personnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other 900 refused to Nazify their faith, went into training in underground Confessional seminaries for certificates which Confessional congregations will accept in lieu of ordination.

From Time Magazine Archive

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