Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To Sinicize.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make Chinese or similar to the Chinese in habits and thought.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin Sīnae, the Chinese; see Sino– + –fy.]
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The Ming policy was to further Sinify, as much as possible, the Mongols and Uighurs who remained in China, including those that had settled in the border regions between Kham and Sichuan.
A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies 2009
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