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anglicise

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Verb1.anglicise - make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London"
anglicize
adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
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It was a matter of judging whether that loss was greater than it would have been had we decided to Anglicise the name.
Irreparable loss and exorbitant gain: on translating Agaat by Heyns, Michiel / Journal of Literary Studies
I can vaguely understand where they were coming from, wanting to anglicise everyone's names.
Adil has moved on from our uni to become the latest star of radio; ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
I can vaguely understand where they were coming from, wanting to anglicise everyone's names, but it shows how far we've come.
telly: Make 'em laugh; adil ray the big interview by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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