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An⋅gli⋅cize

  [ang-gluh-sahyz]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -cized, -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.

Origin:
1700–10; < ML Anglic(us) English + -ize

Related forms:
An⋅gli⋅ci⋅za⋅tion, noun
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An·gli·cize also an·gli·cize   (āng'glĭ-sīz')   
v.   An·gli·cized also an·gli·cized, An·gli·ciz·ing also an·gli·ciz·ing, An·gli·ciz·es also an·gli·ciz·es

v.   tr.
To make English or similar to English in form, idiom, style, or character: Some immigrants anglicize their names when they move to the United States.
v.   intr.
To become English in form or character.
An'gli·ci·za'tion (-sĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Word Origin & History

Anglicize 
1710, from L. Anglicus "of the English," from Angli "the Angles" (see Angle).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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