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Irishize
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English
Etymology
From en Irish ize.
Verb
to make Irish.
en 1899 The Devil in Robes, Or the Sin of Priests: The Gory Hand of Catholicism Stayed; the Prayers of Protestants Heard 318 I admit there are some recent importations of Catholics who would like to Germanize, Irishize, and whiskeyize America.
en 1994 George Eisen; David Kenneth Wiggins Ethnicity and Sport in North American History and Culture Greenwood Press 9780313288142 What is not classical is that Carrora, in order to be a box-office attraction, had to Irishize his name.
en 2007 Elise Juska One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Simon and Schuster 9781416561781 Noelle was the one who had inherited the Germanic half of their Irish-Germanic father—her skin tanned and her hair was mud brown, despite several botched attempts to Irishize it with powdered cherry Kool-Aid mix.
Translations
to make Irish
Esperanto: eo irlandigi