单词 | anglify |
释义 | Anglifyv. transitive. To make English (or British) in character; to put into English form; = anglicize v. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > make English [verb (transitive)] Anglize1615 Anglify1625 anglicize1710 Englishify1855 Anglicify1859 1625 S. Jerome Englands Iubilee 145 The children that are Spanish, or of the Natives here, our Irish, if once they live amongst the English, and are Anglified, they forget for want of use their owne tongue. 1650 Perfect Weekly Acct. 17–24 July 540 Their declared King is at Sterling, where he..is Courted somewhat beyond the ancient Scottish custome (so much are they Anglified.). 1705 E. B. Descr. Scotl. 4 No wonder then, if the Scots, who are not unfitly resembled to Crepitus Ventris, once Anglified, care not for returning to their native Country. 1755 B. Franklin Observ. conc. Increase Mankind 14 in W. Clarke Observ. Late & Present Conduct French Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. in Mag. Hist. (1911) 18 v. 290 English books..have a pernicious tendency in Anglifying the pure American character. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. ix. 40 Giacomo shall be Anglified into Jackeymo. 1868 Times 14 Sept. 4/4 We wonder whether, if the Spaniards had owned the Isle of Portland for nearly a couple of centuries, they would have Hispanified it as we have Anglified the Rock? 1922 Times 6 Dec. 15/5 Ex-Service men going out under official auspices..are bound to succeed so long as they realize that..they must Australianize themselves and not try to Anglify their fellows. 1965 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 49 148/2 Religious bodies have been particularly persistent in de-ethnicizing parishes and anglifying church activities. 2003 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 July 15 So why do Scots feel we have to Anglify our accent all the time? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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