Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anglify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-gli-fy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert to English (language or culture); to anglicise.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?"
"Englishmen speak to their servants in French, and the shops are all French; indeed I should think that Calais or Boulogne was much more Anglified"

Etymology

From Latin Anglus (“Englishman”) + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Anglus

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Anglifies (present, singular) Anglifying (participle, present) Anglified (participle, past) Anglified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Anglification Englify

Questions

What does anglify mean?: To convert to English (language or culture); to anglicise.
Where does anglify come from?: From Latin Anglus (“Englishman”) + -ify.

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