Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Latinize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latinize \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latinize \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Latinize
v 1: write in the latin alphabet [syn: {Romanize}, {Latinize}, {Latinise},
{latinise}]
2: translate into Latin [syn: {Latinize}]
3: cause to adopt catholicism [syn: {catholicize}, {catholicise},
{latinise}]
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