Anglify
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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
More examples"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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