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Webster 1913 Edition
Latinize
Lat′in-ize
,Verb.
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 EnglandLat′in-ize
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Latinize
LAT'INIZE
,Verb.
T.
LAT'INIZE
,Verb.
I.