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Latinize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Latinize has 3 senses
- latinize(v = verb.communication) latinise, romanise, romanize - write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" is one way to transcribe, transliterate
- latinize(v = verb.communication) Array - translate into Latin; Array is one way to interpret, render, translate
- latinize(v = verb.change) catholicise, catholicize, latinise - cause to adopt Catholicism; Array is one way to convert
Sample sentence:
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Latinize, v. t. [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.].
- To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. [1913 Webster]
- To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. [1913 Webster]
- to write in the latin alphabet. [WordNet 1.5]
Latinize, v. i.
- To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Latinize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. give a Latin or Latinate form to.
2 tr. translate into Latin.
3 tr. make conformable to the ideas, customs, etc., of the ancient Romans, Latin peoples, or Latin Church.
4 intr. use Latin forms, idioms, etc.
1 tr. give a Latin or Latinate form to.
2 tr. translate into Latin.
3 tr. make conformable to the ideas, customs, etc., of the ancient Romans, Latin peoples, or Latin Church.
4 intr. use Latin forms, idioms, etc.
Derivative
Latinization n. Latinizer n.
Etymology
LL latinizare (as LATIN)
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