Latinize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Latinize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Latinize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Latinize v write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" Synonym(s): Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise translate into Latin cause to adopt Catholicism Synonym(s): catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latinize \Lat"inize\, 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. [bd]Latinized races.[b8] --Lowell. 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize* the Church of England.
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.