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LATINIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to adopt Catholicism

Synonyms:

catholicise; catholicize; latinise; latinize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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:

Write in the Latin alphabet

Example:

many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names

Synonyms:

Latinise; Latinize; Romanise; Romanize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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