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单词 englify
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Englifyv.

Brit. /ˈɪŋɡlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)ləˌfaɪ/
Forms: 1600s– Englify, 1800s Yinglify (Scottish), 1900s– Inglify (Irish English).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English adj., -ify suffix.
Etymology: < Engl- (in English adj.) + -ify suffix. Compare later Anglify v.
transitive. To make English; to cause to resemble English people or manners. Also: to translate into English. Cf. English v.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [verb (transitive)]
Englify1688
English1711
Englishize1799
Anglicanize1800
Englishify1855
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] > into particular language
to make EnglishOE
Englisha1450
Latin1563
Latinize1589
Germanize1605
Scottish1623
Englify1688
anglicize1711
romance1796
Saxonize1804
Scotticize1809
Syriacize1863
French1868
Sanskritize1881
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xviii. 462/2 The coat of Paddock, a breviation from Ap Addock, a Welsh name Englified, as is very usual with them when they come to inhabit mongst the English.
1705 W. Forbes New-years Gift l. 24 Telos by vain Venery undone, Had no Remeid left him, but to lampoon All Women for one W—r's sake, whom he Wed, Who since, (he says,) has Englify'd his Bed.
1795 ‘J. Sharp’ Salad for Young Ladies & Gentlemen of Douglas 9 Great pains she takes to englify Mamma, For Myammee was the word the other day.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 394 Our magnates have been Englified in all their notions.
1938 A. B. Benson in A. B. Benson & N. Hedin Swedes in Amer. 245 This liberal poet, novelist, and scholarly classicist first found a sympathetic, conscientious translator in W. W. Thomas, Jr..Minister to Sweden, who Englified The Last Athenian.
1986 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 10 Sept. a7 It's the common fate of Gaelic names—once the Sassenachs get hold of them, they Englify them out of recognition.
2006 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 18 May 24 It's..a clear attempt to Englify the area formerly known as Aberdeenshire.

Derivatives

Englifier n. Obsolete rare a person who translates (a work) into English.
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1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 565 I only wonder how either Foscolo or his Englifier had the wit to pick them out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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