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Verb: Latinise  'la-ti,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: Latinize)
  1. Translate into Latin
    "Medieval scholars Latinised many Greek texts";
    - Latinize
     
  2. Write in the Latin alphabet
    "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Latinised names";
    - Romanize, Romanise [Brit], Latinize
     
  3. Cause to adopt Catholicism
    "The missionaries sought to Latinise the native population";
    - catholicize, catholicise [Brit], Latinize

Derived forms: Latinised, Latinises, Latinising

Type of: convert, interpret, render, transcribe, translate, transliterate

Encyclopedia: Latinise