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

Derived forms: Latinized, Latinizes, Latinizing

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

Encyclopedia: Latinize