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Latinize

Latinize Meaning & Definition
Latinize Definition And Meaning

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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