Lithuanize

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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.