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English
Etymology
From Lithuanian + -ize.
Verb
Lithuanize (third-person singular simple present Lithuanizes, present participle Lithuanizing, simple past and past participle Lithuanized)
- to make Lithuanian.
1921, Edward Alfred Steiner, Old Trails and New Borders, page 43:One thing I can say in favour of my generals — they are not talking about conquering the world, or about the mission of their country to Lithuanize the rest of mankind; which is, as I have discovered, a favourite topic of conversation among the generals of some of the countries which owe their existence to the doctrine of self-determination.
2011, Robert van Voren, Undigested Past: The Holocaust in Lithuania, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 23:Persons receiving Lithuanian citizenship were pressurized into reporting their nationality as being Lithuanian rather than Polish, all part of the attempt to Lithuanize the region as quickly as possible.
2012, N. Arielli, B. Collins, Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era, Springer, →ISBN:New military commands and terms had to be rapidly translated and disseminated among the troops. In one case a dozen of Lithuanian officers even decided to Lithuanize their last names.