Definitions
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- verb transitive To make French as the culture, customs, pronunciation, or style.
- verb transitive To translate into French.
Etymologies
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From Latin Gallicus ("French") + -ize.
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Examples
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Within that time Laussat bestirred himself to gallicize the colony, so far as forms could do so.
Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Allen Johnson 1900
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Had he placed himself, as was possible in 1809, on the imperial throne of Germany, the consequent unity of that empire must, even under foreign sway, have endangered the ruler: he preferred gradually to gallicize Germany as she had been formerly romanized by her ancient conquerors.
Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835
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