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- verb Present participle of
anglicize .
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Examples
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Within a few decades, English-speakers began to refer to the Italian idea of the banca or monte, anglicizing only the first, as bank.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Within a few decades, English-speakers began to refer to the Italian idea of the banca or monte, anglicizing only the first, as bank.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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During World War I, the ties of Victoria's descendants to their German cousin Willy, the Kaiser, became an embarrassment, and the British royals proved adaptable by anglicizing their names: The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas became the Windsors.
Sovereignty and the Pitiless Passage of Time Henrik Bering 2012
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I however consider myself to be anglicizing the whole name, but I certainly agree that saying it with no final /t/ wd be as pretentious as using a uvular r for the word.
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Historical eras of anglicizing names and more than 300 years of intermarriage make it impossible to truly track "Hispanic accomplishment" in the U.S.
Ed Hooper: Immigration Furor Eclipsing Hispanic Achievement 2010
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SANCHEZ: No. PHILLIPS: ... in addition to anglicizing their names?
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And I think it's easier if someone's able to understand me by anglicizing my name ...
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Her parents, Meyer H. and Babette (Loewenthal) Heidenheimer, had emigrated from Germany before she was born, anglicizing the family name to Hyde.
Ida Henrietta Hyde. 2009
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PHILLIPS: But Sanchez isn't anglicizing your name!
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In recognition of his efforts to improve his english ... and he has I am anglicizing his name!
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