- anglicizes
- anglicize (Amer.) 'Angli·cize || 'æŋglisaɪz v. make or become English in form or character (also anglicise)
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Ikkemotubbe — In the novels and short stories (in the Collected Stories under the heading III The Wilderness : Red Leaves, A Justice, and A Courtship ) of William Faulkner, Ikkemotubbe is a [Chickasaw] Indian chief, living in Yoknapatawpha County,… … Wikipedia
-ous — 1. a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense possessing, full of a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); ous and its variant ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannot be… … Universalium
coal — O.E. col charcoal, live coal, from P.Gmc. *kula(n) (Cf. O.Fris. kole, M.Du. cole, Du. kool, O.H.G. chol, Ger. Kohle, O.N. kol), from PIE root *g(e)u lo live coal (Cf. Ir. gual coal ). Meaning mineral consisting of fo … Etymology dictionary
anglicize — [[t]æ̱ŋglɪsaɪz[/t]] anglicizes, anglicizing, anglicized VERB If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture. [V n] He had anglicized his surname... [V n] When Dutch… … English dictionary
anglicize — UK [ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz] / US [ˈæŋɡlɪˌsaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms anglicize : present tense I/you/we/they anglicize he/she/it anglicizes present participle anglicizing past tense anglicized past participle anglicized to make someone or something… … English dictionary
-ous — 1) aff. a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of” a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); ous and its variant ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that… … From formal English to slang
-ous — suffix. 1 forming adjectives meaning abounding in, characterized by, of the nature of (envious; glorious; mountainous; poisonous). 2 Chem. denoting a state of lower valence than the corresponding word in ic (ferrous). Derivatives: ously suffix… … Useful english dictionary
