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anglicize

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

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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

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