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Verb: Americanize  u'me-ri-ku`nIz
  1. Make American in character
    "The year in the US has completely Americanized him"
    - Americanise [Brit]
     
  2. Become American in character
    "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized"
    - Americanise [Brit]

Derived forms: Americanized, Americanizes, Americanizing

See also: American, Americanization

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Americanize