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Definition of Gallicize
1. v. t. To conform to the French mode or idiom.
Definition of Gallicize
1. Verb. (transitive) To make French as the culture, customs, pronunciation, or style. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To translate into French. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallicize
1. [v -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallicize
Literary usage of Gallicize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"There is perhaps a tendency in the age to disregard these distinctions, snd to
gallicize or generalize our forms of expression; but if I were required to ..."
2. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"a flat oblong tray for holding composed type; —proofs*, those supplied in "slips"
about 18 in. long (see proof). Gallic, abbr. Ga. gallicize*, to make ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"Now, both these courts gallicize. Hence, the longer the consolidation of Germany
is under any pretext delayed, the more the patriotic party will approximate ..."
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