Anglicize

[ ang-gluh-sahyz ]

/ ˈæŋ gləˌsaɪz /

(sometimes lowercase) to make or become English in form or character: to Anglicize the pronunciation of a Russian name.

Also especially British, An·gli·cise.

Origin of Anglicize

1700–10; < Medieval Latin Anglic(us) English + -ize

An·gli·ci·za·tion, noun de-An·gli·cize, verb (used with object), de-An·gli·cized, de-An·gli·ciz·ing. half-An·gli·cized, adjective

The word "Pantomime" could not, I may say here, have been Anglicised earlier than sometime during the seventeenth century.

A History of Pantomime |R. J. Broadbent
The two then discuss the remarkable changes that have come about since the country determined to be Anglicised.

The Secrets of a Savoyard |Henry A. Lytton
The country from Lige to Brussels wears the same Anglicised face—hedgerows and trees without any leading features.

Before and after Waterloo |Edward Stanley
The anglicised form of his name was significant of the change that had taken place in his sentiments and sympathies.

Fletcher of Madeley |Frederic W. Macdonald

Let me say, at once, to avoid misapprehension, that I refer here to the majority of the Anglicised versions of foreign libretti.

The Operatic Problem |William Johnson Galloway

anglicize

/ (ˈæŋɡlɪˌsaɪz) /

(sometimes capital) to make or become English in outlook, attitude, form, etc

anglicization or anglicisation, noun