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LATINISE

• LATINISE (verb)
The verb LATINISE has 2 senses:

1. write in the Latin alphabet
2. cause to adopt Catholicism

Familiarity information: LATINISE used as a verb is rare.

• LATINISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Write in the Latin alphabet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

Latinise; Latinize; Romanise; Romanize

Context example:

many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names

Hypernyms (to "Latinise" is one way to...):

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Cause to adopt Catholicism

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

catholicise; catholicize; latinise; latinize

Hypernyms (to "latinise" is one way to...):

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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