LATINIZE

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

Verb

latinize (third-person singular simple present latinizes, present participle latinizing, simple past and past participle latinized)

(nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinize

Etymology

Verb

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