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Definition of Americanise

1. Verb. Make American in character. "The year in the US has completely Americanized him"

2. Verb. Become American in character. "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized"

Definition of Americanise

1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of Americanize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Americanise

American watercress American white birch American white oak American white pine American widgeon American widgeons American wire gauge American wistaria American wisteria American woodcock

American wormseed Americana Americanese Americanisation Americanisations Americanise (current term) Americanised Americanises Americanising Americanism

Americanisms Americanist Americanistically Americanists Americanitis Americanization Americanizations Americanize Americanized Americanizer

Literary usage of Americanise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railway Problems: An Inquiry Into the Economic Conditions of Railway Working by James Stephen Jeans (1887)
"... and if it should be necessary to " Americanise our institutions," in order that we may Americanise our rates and fares, the public may have to sacrifice ..."

2. Leadership of the New America: Racial and Religious by Archibald McClure (1916)
"... with the Japanese life in this country freely admit that the Japanese Associations are doing their best to educate and Americanise their people. ..."

3. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's: With Notes by the Way : Illustrated by Elihu Burritt (1864)
"But there is one element from abroad that does not Americanise itself so easily—and that, curiously, is one the most American that comes from Europe—in ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"There can be no doubt about the fact, that if we are not to break up the Empire, we must Americanise ..."

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