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romanize, v.|ˈrəʊmənaɪz|
[f. Roman a.1 + -ize, or ad. F. romaniser, Sp. romanizar, med.L. romanizare.]
1. trans. To render Roman in character; to bring under the influence or authority of Rome.
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 58 The more a French-man is Romanized or Italianized. 1668Dryden Dram. Poesy Ess. (Ker) I. 82 Perhaps too, he did a little too much Romanize our tongue, leaving the words which he translated almost as much Latin as he found them. 1762–86H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) II. 264 His ideas were all romanized; consequently his partiality to his favorite people..made him conclude it a Roman Temple. 1790Pennant London (1813) 9 Long before..it [London] was fully romanized. 1863Edin. Rev. 66 The wide territory to the south of the wall of Severus..was thoroughly Romanized. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. I. i. 8 Both Franks and Visigoths had become Romanised.
b. To transliterate into Roman characters.
1836[see romanized ppl. a. 2 b]. 1858J. M. Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit vii. 179 note, Mr. Nesbit uses the Marathi character, which we have Romanized. 1884Athenæum 2 Feb. 148/1 The Arabic article rendered ‘al’..is written in a manner which should be romanized as ‘lá’.
c. To render Roman Catholic in character or procedure.
1851Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 254 To Romanize the Church is not to reform it. 1862Q. Rev. Apr. 325 The sympathizer with Rome has Romanized the services of his Church by his hymns.
2. intr. To follow Roman custom or practice; to accept the principles of Roman Law.
1629Lightfoot Misc. 137 Doth the Iew Romanize or the Roman Iudaize, in his deuotions? 1656Blount Glossogr. Romanize,..to imitate the speech or fashion of Rome, or the Romans. 1901Maitland Rede Lect. 85 The medieval chancery has often been accused of romanizing.
b. To follow, tend towards, go over to, the Church of Rome; to become Roman Catholic.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. iii. 46 By the very same reasons prove we, that Formalists doe Romanize, by keeping the Popish Ceremonies. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 40 So apishly Romanizing, that the word of command still was set downe in Latine. 1848Newman Loss & Gain 159 Any one who is inclined to Romanize should go abroad. 1855Bp. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1881) II. 279 Miss ― very unsettled in mind. Fear that she will ultimately Romanize. |