Anglicize
gləˌsaɪz verb (used with object), verb (used without object), An·gli·cized, An·gli·ciz·ing.
(sometimes lowercase) to make or become English in form or character: to Anglicize the pronunciation of a Russian name.
Also, especially British, An·gli·cise.
Related forms
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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anglicize, anglicise or anglify (ˈæŋɡlɪˌsaɪz, ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -cizes, -cizing, -cized, -cises, -cising, -cised, -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| (sometimes capital) to make or become English in outlook, attitude, form, etc | |
| anglicise, anglicise or anglify | |
| —vb | |
| anglify, anglicise or anglify | |
| —vb | |
| anglici'zation, anglicise or anglify | |
| —n | |
| anglici'sation, anglicise or anglify | |
| —n | |
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Anglicize
1710, from L. Anglicus "of the English," from Angli "the Angles" (see Angle).
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