Lat"in*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing (?).] [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.
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Lat"in*ize, v. i.
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.
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