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Canadianize

• 1a v. cause to become Canadian in customs, language, and traditions.

  • 1829  Some of the unthinking Scotch ape the manners of the latter [English], and are termed Canadianized Scotchmen.
  • 1911  (1914)  You could not mistake their Lancashire accent, though in every way except this they have become Canadianised, or rather Westernised.
  • 1953  "Holy cats!" I said, having already become Canadianized in my expletives by marriage.

• 1b v. render books, especially text-books, more suitable for Canadians by adapting them to the Canadian political, historical, and social scene.

  • 1958  Better textbooks written for Canadian students, not Canadianized American texts.
  • 1962  In the country, the public schools and the teachers did the most important part of the work of Canadianizing them [books].

• 1c v. take foreign designs, ideas, etc. and modify them to suit conditions and tastes in Canada.

  • 1961  Similar incentives would go to overseas producers who "Canadianize" these cars
  • 1961  It is most unlikely that the American thesis cited above will be Canadianized, as are most bright ideas which spring up . . . in the U.S.

• 2 v. reorganize (a Canadian subsidiary of a foreign company) or be reorganized so as to have Canadian representation at the executive level and a majority of Canadian stockholders, thus qualifying for certain tax concessions and other benefits.

  • 1964  In another section of the budget he smoothed the way for some companies which can't Canadianize because they can't list all classes of voting shares on Canadian stock exchanges.

• 3 v. Cdn Football make a player count as a Canadian by playing him for five years with a Canadian professional team.

  See also: import (def. 2)  

  • 1964  The chief economic factor is that American players, whether Canadianized or not, still draw more salary. . . .