Englishizev.
/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃaɪz/ transitive. To make English; to translate into English. Cf. anglicize v., English v.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [verb (transitive)]
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1799 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) IV. 344 How happy should we be if the whole party were to come, & Englishize again the Major.
1806 C. Heath Monmouthshire: Hist. & Descriptive Accts. Ragland Castle sig. Q We have a further instance within these very few years, viz. that, to englishize the word still more, the letter d has been added to it.
1842 F. W. Taylor Voy. round World (ed. 2) I. 143 The sailors call this cloud the mare's tail; and the cirrus, Englishized, means a tuft or lock of curled or frizzled hair.
1855 Notes & Queries 17 Nov. 392/1 Pila pedalis, being literally Englishised, means ‘foot-ball’.
1950 J. Kerouac Let. 8 Sept. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 229 I'll never hide it again; as once I did, say in high school, when I first began ‘Englishizing myself’ to coin a term.
2006 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 19 Feb. d 3 Why then do they tend to ‘Englishize’ the pronunciation of Italian words, but not the French or Hispanic?
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ˈEnglishized adj.
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1838 Bentley's Misc. Sept. 235 The consequences of going exclusively to Englishized French restaurants.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 281/1 F...had been accustomed to meet the Englishised Indian in the privacy of his board-room in London.
1997 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 21 Oct. (News section) 1 Hadji is an Englishized American Indian word that means squirrel.
2003 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 15 June a1 The first Harry Potter book already has been translated into 55 languages, including the de-Englishized American version.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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