Anglify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To convert to English (language or culture); to anglicise. transitive

    "Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?"

Example

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"Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?"

Etymology

From Latin Anglus (“Englishman”) + -ify.

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