| 单词 |
Gallicize |
| 释义 |
Gallicize, v.|ˈgælɪsaɪz|
[f. L. Gallic-us Gallic a.1 + -ize.]
1. intr. To become Gallic or French; to adapt oneself to French habits, speech, etc.
1775J. Jekyll Corr. 29 Mar. (1894) 2 We have Gallicised in some measure already. a1843Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 373 When France upon the decline of Spain, succeeded to its places of dominion, the Company [Jesuits] gallicized.
2. trans. To render French-like; to Frenchify.
1773W. Kenrick Rhet. Gram. §3 The French..having not only gallicised terms of art and appellatives; but even given Christian names to Pagans. 1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 635 Conspiring to Gallicize the manners of the British. 1835Syd. Smith Let. 11 Dec., Being, since my travels, very much gallicized in my character, I ordered a pint of claret. 1863Kirk Chas. Bold II. 158 France seeks..to Gallicize whatever comes to her from abroad.
Hence ˈGallicized ppl. a., ˈGallicizing vbl. n. (also attrib.) and ppl. a.
1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 233 The dissenting teachers gradually abandoned the propagation of opinions to the gallicizing philosophers. 1849Thackeray Pendennis lix, The daughter..with her Gallicised graces and..affectations. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. iv. 252 The Christianizing, the Gallicizing, and the feudalizing process, all went on. 1892Athenæum 3 Dec. 773/1 It is difficult to see..that there is any such general gallicizing of our contemporary poetry. 1893Nation (N.Y.) 5 Jan. 14/3 Was the English author..given to Latinizing or to Gallicizing? |
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