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Verb: latinise
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: latinize)
  1. Cause to adopt Catholicism
    - catholicize, catholicise [Brit], latinize
Verb: Latinise  'la-ti,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: Latinize)
  1. Translate into Latin
    - Latinize
     
  2. Write in the Latin alphabet
    "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Latinised names";
    - Romanize, Romanise [Brit], Latinize

Derived forms: Latinising, latinising, Latinised, latinises, latinised, Latinises

Type of: convert, interpret, render, transcribe, translate, transliterate

Encyclopedia: Latinise