Spaniolize

present singular third person Spaniolizes · participle present Spaniolizing · participle past Spaniolized · past Spaniolized · alternative Spaniolise

1. transitiveTo make Spanish.

   The court was Spaniolizing; and the darling of that court, as great with Charles as he had always been with James, was riding in the van.

   1871, William Hepworth Dixon, Her Majesty's Tower - Volume 3, page 81

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   I cannot visit Hide-Park every day, And with a Hackney court my time away; I cannot Spaniolize it week by week, Or wait a month to kisse your hand or cheek; If when you'r lov'd, you cannot love again, Why, doe but say so, I am out of pain.

   1654, Witts Recreations. Selected from the finest Fancies of Moderne Muses

   However, it is not the Design of Philip V. to Spaniolize the French, but to Frenchifie the Spaniards, and therefore he has writ to his Grandfather, to send him French Coaches, alledging, That the Spanish Coaches are too uneasie for him.

   1701, The Present State of Europe - Volume 12, page 227

   In Ladino, Spanish words are often given Hebrew prefixes or suffixes, and Hebrew words are “Spaniolized” by using them as roots, then creating Spanish verb-conjugations.

   1992, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yinglish, page 293

2. intransitiveTo act in support of Spain.

   In the State trial he or she was accused of something else, something that would fit in otherwise with State policy. He might be accused of " Spaniolizing," or hasty indecent speech, or she of light conduct, or I know not what.

   1897, Standish O'Grady, The Flight of the Eagle, page 100

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   Upon this, Tomazo advises with his friend Don Pedro; and as they two were not wont to Spaniolize in their consultations, the matter was so ordered to the Prince's satisfaction likewise that Don Tomazo, as much to his satisfaction likewise, received the £100.

   1961, Spiro Peterson -, The counterfeit lady unveiled, page 261