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  • verb Present participle of Frenchify.

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Examples

  • In August 2009, Naema Ahmed, a pharmacist, mother of three and an observant Muslim living in Montreal, began what is known in French as a cour de francisation—literally, a Frenchifying class—at CEGEP Saint-Laurent in the city’s north end.

    Tempest in a niqab - Canada - Macleans.ca 2010

  • Older Nokia phones in fact listed the piece as Grande Valse (Frenchifying the original Spanish).

    Alex Henry: The Story of the Nokia Tune 2009

  • But trust me, if you pronounce your order the English/American way, you are likely to end up having to repeat yourself, and you will inevitably end up Frenchifying it in the end, out of sheer desperation.

    power, corruption and lies 2005

  • But trust me, if you pronounce your order the English/American way, you are likely to end up having to repeat yourself, and you will inevitably end up Frenchifying it in the end, out of sheer desperation.

    caramel shoe shoe 2005

  • The French, after their bold seizure of the island in the name of liberty for the earnest friars, and sealing their brave conquest in the blood of the obstinate Polynesian who had hated to learn a new liturgy and to unlearn his old Protestant songs, feared that the dispersion of the people upon their little plantations, to which they were greatly attached, would make their Frenchifying a long task.

    Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

  • Each governor or admiral made these transfers here, as in the Marquesas and all the islands, with the primary object of lessening native cohesion, of Frenchifying us.

    Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

  • "Day-ahn-JAY-lo!" they screamed, Frenchifying his name, until the band appeared shortly before 9 p.m.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Amy Verner PARIS 2012

  • On the heels of the Charter of the French language's coming into force, he implemented Frenchifying measures to support recent immigrants with their integration into their new society.

    Progressive Bloggers Chronicles of a Pure Laine 2010

  • Frenchifying your Turkey Day leftovers cooks begin planning their holiday baking.

    WN.com - Articles related to Hypertension: Ways to manage it 2009

  • How far general policy will admit these Heroes of Flight to be treated with the contempt they deserve, I am not able to say, but most sincerely shall regret any necessity of Frenchifying in our deportment on the occasion.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

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