Found 2 items, similar to Latinize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: latinize latinize v 1: write in the latin alphabet; “many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names” [syn: Romanize, Romanise, latinise] 2: translate into Latin 3: cause to adopt catholicism [syn: catholicize, catholicise, latinise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Latinize Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. [1913 Webster] 4. to write in the latin alphabet. Syn: Romanize. [WordNet 1.5]