"Lithuanize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Lithuanian + -ize.",
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      "form": "Lithuanizes",
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      "form": "Lithuanizing",
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        "present"
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      "form": "Lithuanized",
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        "participle",
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        "past"
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          "ref": "1921, Edward Alfred Steiner, Old Trails and New Borders, page 43:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Robert van Voren, Undigested Past: The Holocaust in Lithuania, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2012, N. Arielli, B. Collins, Transnational Soldiers: Foreign Military Enlistment in the Modern Era, Springer, →ISBN:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "to make Lithuanian."
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        [
          "Lithuanian",
          "Lithuanian"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "Lithuanize"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Lithuanian + -ize.",
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      "form": "Lithuanizes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "Lithuanizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "Lithuanized",
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        {
          "ref": "1921, Edward Alfred Steiner, Old Trails and New Borders, page 43:",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011, Robert van Voren, Undigested Past: The Holocaust in Lithuania, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 23:",
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        "to make Lithuanian."
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