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Definition of Germanize
1. v. t. To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.
2. v. i. To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.
Definition of Germanize
1. Verb. (transitive) To give a German character to (something). ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Germanize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanize
Literary usage of Germanize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Germany Vs. Civilization: Notes on the Atrocious War by William Roscoe Thayer (1916)
"... CHAPTER XII THE PLOT TO germanize AMERICA A Countryman returning home one
winter's day, found a Snake by the hedge-side, half dead with cold. ..."
2. Turkey, Russia, the Black sea, and Circassia by Edmund Spencer (1855)
"... Pest—Reign of terror—Woman flogging— Attempt of Austria to germanize the
Hungarians—National pride of the Hungarians—Siege of Buda—Treachery of General ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"German statesmen and German professors openly avow that the most important task
of the German Government is either /to germanize or to exterminate the Poles ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"litare everywhere, or rather to germanize A".*tria entirely. ... You desire to
germanize the em- - - ; yoa are not Austrian*, you are Germans. ..."
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