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<h1>Anglicism</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gli*cism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anglicisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.</def>

<h1>Anglicity</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*glic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being English.</def>

<h1>Anglicization</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An`gli*ci*za"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.</def>

<h1>Anglicize</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gli*cize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Anglicized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Anglicizing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.</def>

<h1>Anglify</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gli*fy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Anglified</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Anglifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>Angli + -fly</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convert into English; to anglicize.</def>

<i>Franklin. Darwin.</i>

<h1>Angling</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gling</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.</def>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Anglo-</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Anglus</ets> English. See <er>Anglican</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form meaning the same as <i>English</i>; or <i>English and</i>, or <i>English conjoined with</i>; <as>as, <ex>Anglo-</ex>Turkish treaty, <ex>Anglo-</ex>German, <ex>Anglo-</ex>Irish</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Anglo-American</col>, <tt>.</tt> <cd>Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America.</cd> -- <tt>n.</tt> <cd>A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States.</cd></cs>

<cs><col>Anglo-Danish</col>, <tt>a.</tt> <cd>Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.</cd></cs>

<cs><col>Anglo-Indian</col>, <tt>a.</tt> <cd>Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. -- <tt>n.</tt> <cd>One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies.</cd></cs>

<cs><col>Anglo-Norman</col>, <tt>a.</tt> <cd>Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. -- <tt>n.</tt> <cd>One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.</cd></cs>

<cs><col>Anglo-Saxon</col>. <cd>See <er>Anglo-Saxon</er> in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs>

<h1>Anglo-Catholic</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Cath"o*lic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>, <def>Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.</def>

<h1>Anglo-Catholic</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Cath"o*lic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.</def>

<h1>Anglomania</h1> <Xpage=57>

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