Lat"in*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing (?).] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.] 1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.

2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "Latinized races." Lowell.

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

Lat"in*ize, v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden.

2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.

• To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance to a Latin word.
       
• Guglielmus is the Latinized form of William
  
• To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin alphabet; to Romanize
       
• The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L