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Webster 1913 Edition


Italianize

I-tal′ian-ize

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Italianized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Italianizing
.]
[Cf. F.
italianiser
, It.
italianizzare
.]
1.
To play the Italian; to speak Italian.
Cotgrave.
2.
To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.
“An Englishman Italianized.”
Lowell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Italianize

ITAL'IANIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To play the Italian; to speak Italian.