catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise
(verb) cause to adopt Catholicism
Latinize
(verb) translate into Latin
Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise
(verb) write in the Latin alphabet; “many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
latinize (third-person singular simple present latinizes, present participle latinizing, simple past and past participle latinized)
(nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinize
Latinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)
(transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
(transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
(transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
Source: Wiktionary
Lat"in*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing.] Etym: [L. latinizare: cf. F.latiniser.]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "Latinized races." Lowell.
3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
Lat"in*ize, v. i.
Definition: To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden.
2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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