About The Word Latinize
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Latinize
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What's The Definition Of Latinize?
[v] cause to adopt catholicism
[v] translate into Latin [v] write in the latin alphabet Synonyms | Synonyms for Latinize: catholicise | catholicize | Latinise | latinise | Romanise | Romanize Related Terms | Find terms related to Latinize: See Also | convert | interpret | render | transcribe | translate | transliterate Latinize In Webster's Dictionary \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latinized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Latinizing}.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign
words, in writing Latin.
2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or
Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins,
especially in speech. ``Latinized races.'' --Lowell.
3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its
ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
\Lat"in*ize\, v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. --Dryden. 2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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