Latinize

Latinize
    v 1: write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry
         neon signs with Romanized names" [syn: {Romanize},
         {Romanise}, {Latinize}, {Latinise}]
    2: translate into Latin
    3: cause to adopt Catholicism [syn: {catholicize},
       {catholicise}, {latinize}, {latinise}]
    

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.
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   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.
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   3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its
      ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
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   4. to write in the latin alphabet.

   Syn: Romanize.
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Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. i.
   To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. --Dryden.
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   2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman
      Catholic Church.
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