LATINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Latinize mean? 

• LATINIZE (verb)
  The verb LATINIZE has 3 senses:

1. write in the Latin alphabet

2. translate into Latin

3. cause to adopt Catholicism

  Familiarity information: LATINIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATINIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they latinize    ... he / she / it latinizes   
Past simple: latinized   
Past participle: latinized   
-ing form: latinizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write in the Latin alphabet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

Latinise; Latinize; Romanise; Romanize

Context example:

many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names

Hypernyms (to "Latinize" is one way to...):

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Translate into Latin

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "Latinize" is one way to...):

interpret; render; translate (restate (words) from one language into another language)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to adopt Catholicism

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

catholicise; catholicize; latinise; latinize

Hypernyms (to "latinize" is one way to...):

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody