nostrify

Meaning

1. To nostrificate; to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university.
2. To adopt, accept, or include as part of one's own culture.

Synonyms

accept

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cotton to

lump it

take sitting down

Translations

nostrifizieren

acceptar

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ablehnen

accipere

aceitar

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɒs.tɹɪ.faɪ/

Etymology

First attested in the 1910s; learned borrowing from Latin noster (“our, ours”, oblique stem in nostr-) + -ify, compare nostrificate.