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Anglicization

Anglicization \An`gli*ci*za"tion\, n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
anglicization

1836, noun of action from anglicize; earlier in same sense was anglification (1822), from anglify (1751).

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anglicization

n. (standard spelling of anglicisation lang=en from=American spelling from2=Oxford British spelling)

Usage examples of "anglicization".

It seems to be a natural anglicization that started soon after the 'Indian Cress' was naturalized (from Peru, I think) in the 18th century.

Some of the modernities found among them (I think especially of umbrellas) are probably, I think certainly, a mistake, of the same order as their silly names, and tolerable with them only as a deliberate 'anglicization' to point the contrast between them and other peoples in the most familiar terms.

The anglicization of its form (from which the Chad variety proceeds) further supports this view.

There is other evidence of the influence of Norse in the same part of the same Chronicle: woldon raedan on hi (always mistranslated ‘ plot against') is an anglicization of Norse ratha a 'to go for, to attack'.

Except for anglicization, "D" in Ray, and Fergusson, 1641, agree exactly even to _tearm_ [term] in "Dead and marriage make tearm-day.

No doubt the Anglicization of the royal family by national marriages would gradually merge that family into the general body of the British peerage.