render Italian; become Italian in customs or ways; make something Italian in character (also Italianise)
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(v. i.)
To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.
To render Italian in any respect; to Italianate.
(v. i.)
To play the Italian; to speak Italian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo play the Italian; to speak Italian.
italianize
\i*tal"ian*ize\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. italianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. italianizing (?).] [cf. f. italianiser, it. italianizzare.]
1. to play the italian; to speak italian. otgrave.
2. to render italian in any respect; to italianate. "an englishman italianized."
