Definitions for Romanize

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Romanize Ro·man·ize

Spelling: [roh-muh-nahyz]

IPA: /ˈroʊ məˌnaɪz/

Romanize is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in Romanize (aeimnorz).

Definitions for Romanize

verb (used with object)

1. to make Roman Catholic.
2. (often lowercase) to make Roman in character.
3. (often lowercase) to render in the Latin alphabet, especially a language traditionally written in a different system, as Chinese or Japanese.

verb (used without object)

1. to conform to Roman Catholic doctrine and practices; to become Roman Catholic.
2. (often lowercase) to follow Roman practices.

Origin of Romanize

First recorded in 1600-10; Roman + -ize

Examples for Romanize

The Romans gave us Christianity and the rudiments of civilization, but their attempts to Romanize us met with little success.

The church and the nation, however, were strongly Protestant and were soon alarmed by his efforts to Romanize the country.

The attempt in the nineteenth century to Romanize our theories of liability involved a Romanized will-theory of contract.