The Collaborative International Dictionary
Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.]
To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
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.To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
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to write in the latin alphabet.
Syn: Romanize.
Wiktionary
vb. (context nonstandard English) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. (en-past of: latinize)
Usage examples of "latinized".
West of the Rhine, most of these German peoples had learnt to speak various Latinized dialects which fused at last to form French.
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Linné), but he is remembered now by the Latinized form Carolus Linnaeus.