Anglicised
(sometimes lowercase) to make or become english in form or character:
to anglicize the pr-nunciation of a russian name.
historical examples
but the real fact is, that there is nothing outlandish about punch except the name, and even that has been anglicised.
the comic english grammar unknown
their name is now anglicised by the omission of one of the final n’s.
toronto of old henry scadding
the word “pantomime” could not, i may say here, have been anglicised earlier than sometime during the seventeenth century.
a history of pantomime r. j. broadbent
castoleto is not an anglo-saxon resort; it is small and of no reputation, and not as yet anglicised.
the lee sh-r- rose macaulay
the country from lige to brussels wears the same anglicised face—hedgerows and trees without any leading features.
before and after waterloo edward stanley
one is the appearance of the name “ardélie,” which our own lady winchelsea took and anglicised as her coterie t-tle.
a history of the french novel, vol. 1 george saintsbury
let me say, at once, to avoid misapprehension, that i refer here to the majority of the anglicised versions of foreign libretti.
the operatic problem william johnson galloway
it is but the anglicised form of the french esprit, a word that has no entirely satisfactory english equivalent.
proverb lore f. edward hulme
she felt the home rule question absolutely as only an irishwoman (not anglicised) could.
the letters of henry james (volume i) henry james
each returning sabbath saw whitehall lighted up, and heard the tabors sound for a branle, (anglicised ‘brawl’).
the wits and beaux of society grace wharton and philip wharton
verb -cizes, -cizing, -cized, -cises, -cising, -cised, -fies, -fying, -fied
(sometimes capital) to make or become english in outlook, att-tude, form, etc
v.
1710, with -ize + medieval latin anglicus “of the english,” from angli “the angles” (see angle). related: anglicized; anglicizing.
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