Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Latinized"

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.


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