Definition of Romanise

1. Verb. Write in the Latin alphabet. "Many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names"

Exact synonyms: Latinise, Latinize, Romanize
Generic synonyms: Transcribe, Transliterate

Definition of Romanise

1. Verb. (historical) Bring under the authority or influence of Rome. ¹

2. Verb. Make Roman or Roman Catholic in disposition. ¹

3. Verb. Transliterate letters or words to the Latin alphabet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Romanise

1. to romanize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: romanize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Romanise

romancer
romancers
romances
romancing
romancist
romancists
romancy
romanechite
romanechites
romanesque
romanette
romanettes
romanic
romanisation
romanisations
romanise (current term)
romanised
romanises
romanish
romanising
romanism
romanist
romanization
romanizations
romanize
romanized
romanizer
romanizes
romanizing
romanji

Literary usage of Romanise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1851)
"Let us not, while treasuring suitably our most precious inheritance, let not us Protestants wilfully romanise our church architecture. ..."

2. Studies of Roman Imperialism by William Thomas Arnold, Charles Edward Montague (1906)
"They did not romanise; they Hellenised. In Greece itself the Roman colonies were three only, and perhaps even that is one too many, for it is by no means ..."

3. Studies of Roman Imperialism by William Thomas Arnold, Charles Edward Montague (1906)
"It is consistent with the whole of the Roman policy towards Greece that very little effort was made to romanise the country by means of colonies. ..."

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