Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Americanizer}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Americanizing}.] To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. [1913 Webster]