Latinizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Latinize \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.
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     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.
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     3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its
        ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
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     4. to write in the latin alphabet.
  
     Syn: Romanize.
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