Anglicise

//ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style. transitive

    "Someone who is translating into English a German novel, the hero of which is named Heinrich, will leave the name as it is; he will not Anglicize it into Henry."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of anglicise. alt-of
  3. 3
    make English in appearance wordnet
  4. 4
    To dub or translate into English. transitive
  5. 5
    To become English. intransitive

Synonyms

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anglicize

Example

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"Someone who is translating into English a German novel, the hero of which is named Heinrich, will leave the name as it is; he will not Anglicize it into Henry."

Etymology

From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.

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