Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\, 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.