Latinize
verb (used with object)
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
Latinise
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a variation of
Latinize.
Example Sentences
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While Horace's thefts from Alcaeus or Pindar are palpable, even from the care which he takes to Latinise them, Milton cannot help transfusing his own nature into the words he adopts.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
She was a black Persian and her name was "Jinks," but he'll find it Latinise well as "Jinxia," tell him.
From The Giant's Robe by F. Anstey
He had been sent there to Latinise the letters that passed between Sir Thomas Wyatt and the King's Ministers of France, for he was esteemed the most learned man in these islands.
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford
The great devil of hell fetch me if I don't Latinise him well.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
