Romanize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make Roman Catholic.
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(often lowercase) to make Roman in character.
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(often lowercase) to render in the Latin alphabet, especially a language traditionally written in a different system, as Chinese or Japanese.
verb (used without object)
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to conform to Roman Catholic doctrine and practices; to become Roman Catholic.
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(often lowercase) to follow Roman practices.
verb
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(tr) to impart a Roman Catholic character to (a ceremony, practice, etc)
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(intr) to be converted to Roman Catholicism
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(tr) to transcribe or transliterate (a language) into the Roman alphabet
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to make Roman in character, allegiance, style, etc
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By alloting the land, the Latin race and Latin tongue would help to Romanize territory already conquered by Roman arms.
From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Stephenson, Andrew
The attempt in the nineteenth century to Romanize our theories of liability involved a Romanized will-theory of contract.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
The church and the nation, however, were strongly Protestant and were soon alarmed by his efforts to Romanize the country.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
My son," she said, "I need not tell you not to let them Romanize you.
From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The book commences with an anagram on the lady's name: "Add but an A to Romanize your name Another Pallas is your anagram, Videlicet Maria Nevila Alia Minerva."
From Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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