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ANGLICIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they anglicize ... he / she / it anglicizes
Past simple: anglicized
Past participle: anglicized
-ing form: anglicizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make English in appearance
Example:
She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London
Synonyms:
anglicise; anglicize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "anglicize" is one way to...):
accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
Anglicization (the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance)
English (of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people)
