Anglicise (Verb)
Meaning
Make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The artist anglicised her surname to make it easier for her British audience to pronounce.
- Upon moving to Australia, he decided to anglicise his name to fit in better with his classmates.
- After being discovered by a British record label, the French singer chose to anglicise her stage name.
- To increase its appeal to British readers, the author was advised to anglicise the spellings and vocabulary in her novel.
- The Italian-born chef anglicised the names of her traditional recipes to make them more relatable to her London customers.