romanize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Romanize
    v 1: write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry
         neon signs with Romanized names" [syn: {Romanize},
         {Romanise}, {Latinize}, {Latinise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Romanize \Ro"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Romanized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Romanizing}.]
   1. To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms. [R.]
      --Dryden.
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   2. To convert to the Roman Catholic religion.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Romanize \Ro"man*ize\, v. i.
   1. To use Latin words and idioms. "Apishly Romanizing."
      --Milton.
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   2. To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes
      of speech.
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