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What does anglicise mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
  2. (transitive) To dub or translate into English.
  3. (transitive) To become English.
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This comic operetta tells the story of a South Sea Island despot who wishes to anglicise his island by importing all things English.
However a move in South Australia to change or anglicise New Australians' names was strongly resisted.
He obtained employment with the Parke family of Dunally House as a gardener circa 1840 and had to anglicise his family name to Foley.
The Lord Deputy of Ireland, Arthur Chichester, also saw the Plantation as a scheme to anglicise the Irish.

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