ANGLICISES Synonyms

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

• make English in appearance

• take up mentally

• become similar to one's environment

• make similar

• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

• become similar in sound

• a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

• change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

• change the nature, purpose, or function of something

• change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

• cause to adopt a new or different faith

• score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone

• make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

• exchange a penalty for a less severe one

• change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

• of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people

• of or relating to the English language

• an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

• the people of England

• the discipline that studies the English language and literature

• (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

• formed or united into a whole

• make into a whole or make part of a whole

• include or contain; have as a component

• form a corporation

• unite or merge with something already in existence

• make less severe or harsh or extreme

• add a modifier to a constituent

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• put under state control or ownership

• make national in character or scope

• make into a citizen

• explain with reference to nature

• adopt to another place

• make more natural or lifelike

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• make western in character