anglicize

So the local white elite's support for the assault on what they considered the dangerous elements of Afro-Creole culture did not necessarily translate into a broader movement to anglicize the lower classes.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2009) defines Anglicization as "1: to make English in quality or characteristics; 2: to adapt (a foreign word, name, or phrase) to English usage: as (a) to alter to a characteristic English form, sound or spelling (b) to convert (a name) to its English equivalent less than anglicize Juan as John greater than ".

Thompson traces the trends that contributed to its growth, including the endorsement of folk dance as a beneficial recreation for children and young women, the burgeoning pageantry movement and its efforts at building social unity through large-scale open-air performances, attempts to anglicize the influx of European immigrants, the encouragement of 'womanly' virtues among female college students, and politicians who vied with one another in supporting large, elaborate civic festivities in order to impress potential voters.

Britain mulled ways to anglicize Japan's royal family

To reduce the chances of 'detection' and being eliminated prematurely, some minority students Anglicize their names, use street addresses of relatives and friends in more desirable parts of town, and downplay ethnic-specific education, jobs, and affiliations.

Wright has made an excellent case that Bryce did "anglicize" the U.S.

It also seems a bit odd to anglicize the name of Jacques de Molay, the last Master and perhaps best known of all the Templars into James de Molay, the moreso since Pope Celestine V, commonly known in the English-speaking world as Peter Morone becomes Pietro del Morrone.

Interestingly, she refused to change or anglicize her surname though she does no t explain the reason why.