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Gallicize

[ gal-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Gal·li·cized, Gal·li·ciz·ing.
  1. (sometimes lowercase) to make or become French in language, character, etc.


Gallicize

/ ˈɡælɪˌsaɪz /

verb

  1. to make or become French in attitude, language, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈGalliˌcizer, noun
  • ˌGalliciˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • Galli·ci·zation noun
  • Galli·cizer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gallicize1

1765–75; < Latin Gallic ( us ) Gallic + -ize
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Example Sentences

So long as you're going to work to gallicize yourself, pray make a thorough job of it.

Within that time Laussat bestirred himself to gallicize the colony, so far as forms could do so.

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