anglicize

Verb

Meaning

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anglicise americanize become apply explain minority acceptance accommodate alter absorb adjust adapt amend outsider modulate
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Hypernyms

accommodate adapt

Derivatives

anglicized anglicizing

Examples

She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London Source: Internet

Historically, Jews in Hollywood were encouraged to anglicize their names to avoid possible discrimination. Source: Internet

In Norman schools (following the French practice), the habit was to anglicize Latin names by dropping their Latin endings, hence Virgil. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Anglicist anglicity anglicization anglicized anglicized name anglicizer