Verb
To render (someone or something) American.
Usage- Transitive
To become American.
Usage- Intransitive
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‘Then what can I do for you?’ he asked—he spoke rather fluent yankified English.
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The popularity of American-style trends over here is nothing new. Yet we now seem to be nearing a point where our yankified tastes cease to be imitation and we begin to believe that we are, in fact, American.