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latinize


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}] 




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