Estonianize

Verb

Estonianize (third-person singular simple present Estonianizes, present participle Estonianizing, simple past and past participle Estonianized)

1. to make Estonian.
   • They also complained of growing efforts to forcibly Estonianize the Russian minority, especially those living in the borderlands.2012, David J. Smith, John Hiden, Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State: National Cultural Autonomy Revisited, Routledge, →ISBN, page 103
   • Even before construction of the new church in Saatse began, signature Estonian practices like versified congregational singing and riimilaulud were brought into the village in order to Estonianize religious life there, although the effectiveness of such reforms among local congregants was...2015, Jeffers Engelhardt, Singing the Right Way: Orthodox Christians and Secular Enchantment in Estonia, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 114