Crossword-Solution: LATINIZE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Latinize | v. t. | To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. |
| Latinize | v. t. | To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. |
| Latinize | v. t. | To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. |
| Latinize | v. i. | To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. |
| Latinize | v. i. | To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “LATINIZE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bring under Roman influence | 1 answer |
| GIVE Latin form to (word) | 2 answers |
| MAKE conformable to Latin | 2 answers |
| MAKE conformable to ideas, customs, of ancient Romans, Latin peoples, or Latin | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with LATINIZE (5)
One of the most important occurrences in this reign was the attempt of the Patriarch Nikon to establish an authority in the East similar to that of the Pope in the West--and in many ways to Latinize the Church.
The second is better than the first: to Latinize the surname and not the Christian {56} name is very unscholarlike.
Both du Bellay and Ronsard laid stress on the necessity of prudence in these borrowings, and both repudiated the charge of wishing to latinize their mother tongue.
One day when Sapidus called over the list of the scholars, he said, 'I find many barbarous names, I must try to Latinize them.' He then called over the new names: he had turned me into Thomas Platterus, and my fellow, Anthony Venetz into Antonius Venetus, and said, 'Which are the two?' We stood up and he exclaimed, 'Poof! what measly Schützen to have such fine names!' this was partly true, especially of my companion, for I was more accustomed to the change of air and food.
Why is it that learning and infidelity go hand in hand? Why do our scholars Latinize their names of baptism, changing Peter into Pierius, and John into Janus, or Jovianus? Plato was right when he expelled such poets from his State.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1988).