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  • verb transitive Alternative spelling of anglicise.

Etymologies

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From Latin anglicus.

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Examples

  • We should anglicize that a bit to be less of a hardship in the mouths of us English speakers.

    What an unnatural stress pattern you have, Ms. Sotomayor! « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • Yes, it’s a shame to take a British book about a British woman and anglicize (or would you say anglicise?) it.

    I say pyjama… 2008

  • Some authors choose to anglicize their names for the purposes of publishing in English, so that their family name appears on the book cover last not first, others such as Tan Twan Eng don't.

    Twan Eng Tan biography 2008

  • In the older one, there are many grammatical errors, but it retains a great deal of charm, where as the new translations try to anglicize even the names, so much of the flavour is lost though it does have the good point of being unabridged.

    The Complete Review’s M.A. Orthofer on Translated Fiction 2010

  • Did you ask him to change his name and anglicize their name?

    CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2009 2009

  • It was only some time later that I realized that these two names referred to the same place I know nothing of Chinese apart from how to anglicize its pronunciation.

    Heavenly Peace | Linguism 2009

  • And if you can anglicize your name to make people in this country better understand you and to do business, I don't think it's a bad idea and that we need to be that critical.

    CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2009 2009

  • Did you ask him to change his name and anglicize his name?

    CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2009 2009

  • So, rather than anglicize every other name from the period, I chose to use the names from the works that Shakespeare based his plays upon.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • So, rather than anglicize every other name from the period, I chose to use the names from the works that Shakespeare based his plays upon.

    New Interview: David Blixt, Author of Master of Verona 2007

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