Latinize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
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to intermix with Latin elements.
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to translate into Latin.
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to make Latin American in character.
The influx of Cuban immigrants has Latinized Miami.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to translate into Latin or Latinisms
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to transliterate into the Latin alphabet
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to cause to acquire Latin style or customs
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to bring Roman Catholic influence to bear upon (the form of religious ceremonies, etc)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Latinize
First recorded in 1580–90; < Late Latin latīnīzāre “to translate into Latin”; see Latin, -ize
Example Sentences
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With the growth of Greek Rite Catholicism in the U. S.�it now numbers 1,000,000 faithful with 300 churches�the Roman hierarchy instituted a subtle campaign to Latinize its conduct.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day when Sapidus called over the list of the scholars, he said, 'I find many barbarous names, I must try to Latinize them.'
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
It was not, then, Harvey's purpose to Latinize our tongue.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
I should be sorry if Canadians ever began to Latinize their sentences, to "can" their speech and pickle it in the vinegar pedantry of the peeved study-chair critic.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
At least, they didn’t try to Latinize things in extraterrestrial zoology any more.
From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam
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