v. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] trans. To turn into French.

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1887.  Athenæum, 26 March, 421/2. Kill-devil (Frenchized into guildive).

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1887.  Furnivall, R. Brunne’s Chron. Wace (Rolls), I. 2–3, marg. Master Wace frenchized all the Latin Brute till Cadwallader’s time.

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