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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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