Anglicize Definition

aŋgləsīz
anglicized, anglicizes, anglicizing
verb
anglicized, anglicizes, anglicizing
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.
American Heritage
To change to English idiom, pronunciation, customs, manner, etc.
Webster's New World
To become English in form or character.
American Heritage

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.

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Anglicize Sentence Examples

  • Conciliation was also tried with some success; plantation schemes were rejected in favour of an attempt to Anglicize the Irish; their chieftains were created earls and endowed with monastic lands; and so peaceful was Ireland in 1542 that the lord-deputy could send Irish kernes and gallowglasses to fight against the Scots.

  • James had failed, practically, even in his effort (1427-1428) to anglicize parliament, by introducing the representative system; two " wise men " were to be chosen by each sheriffdom, and two Houses were to take the place of the one House in which all Estates were wont to meet.

  • It was moreover rendered easier by the decision to govern, as far as possible, in accordance with native law and custom, no attempt being made to Egyptianize or Anglicize the Sudanese.

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Words Starting With

AANANG

Words Ending With

EZEIZE

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Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With E