[syn: Americanize, Americanise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan*[imac]z), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Americanizer; p. pr. & vb. n.
Americanizing.]
To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in
customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Americanize
v 1: make American in character; "The year in the US has
completely Americanized him" [syn: Americanize,
Americanise]
2: become American in character; "After a year in Iowa, he has
totally Americanized" [syn: Americanize, Americanise]