germanize
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3ADJ.
numerous
GERMANIZE + NOUN
province
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instead
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verb
To give a German character to (something).
to Germanize a province, a language, or a society
Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?
To adopt German customs or culture.
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3to Germanize a province, a language, or a society
WiktionaryWhy should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than t
WiktionaryIn the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence.
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