Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LATINIZES
Verb
latinizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of latinize
Anagrams
• Stalinize, zinalsite
Verb
Latinizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Latinize
Anagrams
• Stalinize, zinalsite
Source: Wiktionary
LATINIZE
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
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