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What does romanize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word romanize? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) to put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
  2. (capitalized) to bring under the authority or influence of Rome
  3. (transitive) to make Roman in character or style
  4. (transitive) to make Roman Catholic in religion (by conversion), character or style
  5. (transitive) to Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms
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Do you think there are Japanese kids going out into the world who don't know how to Romanize everything they can say?
The church and the nation, however, were strongly Protestant and were soon alarmed by his efforts to Romanize the country.
The author does not romanize any script that he personally can read, but he gives Japanese titles in English only and romanizes Chinese incorrectly.
The attempt in the nineteenth century to Romanize our theories of liability involved a Romanized will-theory of contract.

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