romanize

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Synonyms: womanize, romanise, romance, humanize, royalize, nomadize, romane, romaine, aromatize, romanic, romani

Antonyms: womanize, romanise, romance, humanize, royalize, nomadize, romane, romaine, aromatize, romanic, romani

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To put letters or words written in another writing system into the [[Latin]] (Roman) [[alphabet]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|historical|usually|capitalized}} To bring under the [[authority]] or [[influence]] of Rome.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|usually|capitalized}} To make or become Roman in [[character]] or [[style]].<ref>{{w|Thomas Blount}}, ''Glossographia,'' London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “''Romanize'' {{...}} to imitate the speech or fashion of ''Rome,'' or the Romans.”^{[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28464.0001.001]}</ref>
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|usually|capitalized}} To make or become [[Roman Catholic]] in [[religion]] (by conversion), [[character]] or [[style]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To fill with Latin words or idioms.

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