Teutonize, v.
(ˈtjuːtənaɪz)
[f. Teuton + -ize.]
trans. To make or render Teutonic or German.
| 1845 Blackw. Mag. LVII. 478 After Teutonising the Hebrew in this manner, he next proceeds to the Egyptian. 1867 Freeman Norm. Conq. I. iii. 126 Those Celtic lands..had been..to a great extent Teutonized. 1882 Sat. Rev. 17 June 768/1 Justified in treating, for all practical purposes, as Teutonic a nation so thoroughly Teutonized. |
b. intr. To conform to Teutonism; to play the Teuton.
| 1882 in Ogilvie (Annandale). |
Hence ˈTeutonizing vbl. n.; Teutoniˈzation, the action or process of rendering or being made Teutonic or German.
| 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. iv. x. (1864) II. 435 The Franks now..shared with the Romans the great hierarchical dignities... This Teutonising of the hierarchy [etc.]. 1872 D. H. Haigh in Archæol. Cantiana VIII. 18 From Kent the Teutonization of Britain began. 1878 Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 571 His style underwent a process of Teutonisation. |