GERMANIZE

Etymology

Verb

Germanize (third-person singular simple present Germanizes, present participle Germanizing, simple past and past participle Germanized)

(transitive) To give a German character to (something).

(intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture.

Source: Wiktionary


Ger"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Germanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Germanizing.]

Definition: To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

Ger"man*ize, v. i.

Definition: To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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