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.
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vb. (present participle of latinize English)
Usage examples of "latinizing".
That battle not only halted the eastward expansion of the Roman Empire and began its downward spiral, it left Germany free to develop its own culture without the latinizing influence that so dominated other Western European cultures.