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# anglicise

verb (anglicises, anglicised, anglicising)

«anglicise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To anglicise is to change a word, name, or text into English form or English ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglicise/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, when a tale in Scots or another tongue is changed into English words

### Examples

- The teacher anglicised the Scots words in the poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglicise/#x1)
- The name was anglicised to make it easier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglicise/#x2)
- I have anglicised the old song for our class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglicise/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anglicise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anglicise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anglicise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anglicise.html) on Mova free.