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Lat·in·ize  (ltn-z)

v. Lat·in·ized, Lat·in·iz·ing, Lat·in·iz·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To translate into Latin.

b. To transliterate into the characters of the Latin alphabet; Romanize.

c. To make (a word, for example) similar in appearance to Latin: Latinize an English name.

2. To cause to adopt or acquire Latin characteristics or customs.

3. To cause to follow or resemble the Roman Catholic Church in dogma or practices.

4. To make Latino or Latin American, as in culture.

v.intr.

To use Latinisms.

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Latin·i·zation (--zshn) n.

Latin·izer n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	Latinize - write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" Latinise, Romanise, Romanize transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
	2.	Latinize - translate into Latin translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
	3.	latinize - cause to adopt Catholicism catholicise, catholicize, latinise convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"