galvanized

Example Sentences

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His surname, once Buonfiglio— "good son" in feud-loving Corsica —had become gallicized into Bonfils.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1385 Charles VI. married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen II., duke of Bavaria, her name being gallicized as Isabeau.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

At first sight, one would take for granted that all this was pure Byzantium, and perhaps it is; but it has rather the look of Byzantium gallicized, and carried up to a poetic French ideal.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

German words, in fact, were gallicized in pronunciation.

From Rashi by Szold, Adele

Ah, to be suah, my deah wife's name, Cecilia, gallicized.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John