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Russify

Russify \Rus"si*fy\, v. t. [Cf. F. russifier. See -fy.] To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.

Usage examples of "russify".

Without waiting for him she had dressed and gone off to friends-- a teacher of French in the school, a Russified Pole, and his wife-- who had invited her and her husband to a party in their house that evening.

The Soviet people: a verbal screen behind which all the Russified nations of that Empire are meant to be forgotten.

Nadsat, a Russified version of English, was meant to muffle the raw response we expect from pornography.

Petersburg, next by some Old Believers, then by a teacher of Greek, and, finally, he is left under the protection and guidance of the Russified Englishman, Stroop.

Jews, forcibly Russified the Poles, Finns and Armenians and, as a result, increased the enemies of Czarism, and convinced them of the need for a final change.

So I took a Russified German, born in Russia but brought up without coddling, in the bracing and practical German manner.

They Russified their dress and behaviour in an effort to move closer to the soldiers in the ranks.