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Latinize(dictionary)

Latinize (iou)



Latinize verb. Also Latinise. L16.
[Late Latin latinizare, formed as LATIN adjective & noun: see -IZE. Cf. French latiniser.]
verb trans. Give a Latin form to (a word etc. of another language); fill (a language) with words or idioms of Latin origin. L16.
b. verb intrans. Use words or idioms from Latin. M17.
verb trans. Convert (a person, a people) to the ideas, customs, etc., of the Latins, or to the rites etc. of the Latin Church. E17.
verb trans. Transcribe in Roman letters. M19.
Latini'zation noun M19.
Latinizer noun E17.