Associations to the word «Latinize»

Wiktionary

LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance to a Latin word.
LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
LATINIZE, verb. (nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinize

Dictionary definition

LATINIZE, verb. Write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names".
LATINIZE, verb. Translate into Latin.
LATINIZE, verb. Cause to adopt Catholicism.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King