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Teutonize

American  
[toot-n-ahyz, tyoot-] / ˈtut nˌaɪz, ˈtjut- /
especially British, Teutonise

verb (used with or without object)

Teutonized, Teutonizing
  1. to make or become Teutonic or German; Germanize.


Teutonize British  
/ ˈtjuːtəˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. to make or become German or Germanic; Germanize

"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 Teutonize

First recorded in 1835–45; Teuton + -ize

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It was unfortunate for her genius that after her early enthusiasm for French culture she turned to Germany and became, in measure, like so many powerful minds of her generation, Teutonized.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

Later writers identified them with the Cimbri of Jutland, who were probably Teutonized Celts, but this is a mere guess due to the similarity of name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

The Saxons and the Angles overflowed and absorbed the land, and Keltic Britain was Teutonized.

From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt

Though Anderson had lived so long among the Teutons, he had not become Teutonized.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver

He is speaking of the value, to teachers especially, of the peculiar fetich of Teutonized university instruction, the thesis, and of its liability to be of fictitious value.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

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