English-Thai Dictionary
latinize
VT แปล เป็น ภาษาละติน pare-pen-pa-sa-la-tin
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LATINIZE
v.t.To give to foreign words Latin terminations and make them Latin.
LATINIZE
v.i.To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LATINIZE
Lat "in *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized; p. pr. & vb. n.Latinizing.] Etym: [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.
LATINIZE
LATINIZE Lat "in *ize, v. i.
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Latinize
Lat in ize |ˈlatnˌīz ˈlætnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 give a Latin or Latinate form to (a word ): his name was Latinized into Confucius. • archaic translate into Latin. • [ no obj. ] archaic use Latin forms or idiom. 2 make (a people or culture ) conform to the ideas and customs of the ancient Romans, the Latin peoples, or the Latin Church. DERIVATIVES Lat in i za tion |ˌlatn-əˈzāSHən |noun, Lat in iz er noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin Latinizare, from Latin Latinus (see Latin ).
Oxford Dictionary
Latinize
Latinize |ˈlatɪnʌɪz |(also Latinise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 give a Latin or Latinate form to (a word ): his name was Latinized into Confucius. • archaic translate into Latin. • [ no obj. ] archaic use Latin forms or idiom. 2 make (a people ) conform to the ideas and customs of the ancient Romans, the Latin peoples, or the Latin Church. DERIVATIVES Latinization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, Latinizer noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin Latinizare, from Latin Latinus (see Latin ).
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