v. assimilate (French Canada or French Canadians) to the customs and language of English-speaking Canada.
- 1838  That the Lower Province must be anglicised is certain; and if it be not done now, peacably and with deliberation, it will hereafter be done with confusion and bloodshed.
- 1916  Some of his [Laurier's] French-Canadian disciples . . . complain that he has Anglicised himself too much.