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Verb: Americanize  u'me-ri-ku,nIz
  1. Become American in character
    "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized";
    - Americanise [Brit]
     
  2. Make American in character
    "The year in the US has completely Americanized him";
    - Americanise [Brit]

Derived forms: Americanized, Americanizing, Americanizes

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Americanize