Definitions for: Latinize


[v] cause to adopt catholicism
[v] translate into Latin
[v] write in the latin alphabet



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: catholicise, catholicize, Latinise, latinise, Romanise, Romanize

See Also: convert, interpret, render, transcribe, translate, transliterate

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