Latinize

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.

II. Latinize ·vi To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.

III. Latinize ·vt To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.

IV. Latinize ·vt To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.

V. Latinize ·vt To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech.