Lat"in*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Latinizing (?).] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.] 1. To give Latin
terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to
affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "Latinized
races." Lowell.
3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as,
to Latinize the Church of England.
Lat"in*ize, v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
Dryden.
2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Lat"in*ly, adv. In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.
[Obs.] Heylin.
La"tion (?), n. [L. latio, fr. latus borne. See Tolerate.]
Transportation; conveyance. [Obs.]
{ Lat`i*ros"tral (?), Lat`i*ros"trous (?), } a. [Cf. F. latirostre. See
Latirostres.] (Zoöl.) Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne.
||Lat`i*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. latus broad + rostrum beak.]
||(Zoöl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and
||their allies.
||
Lat"ish (?), a. Somewhat late. [Colloq.]
Lat`i*ster"nal (?), a. [L. latus broad + E. sternal.] (Zoöl.) Having a
broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
Lat"i*tan*cy (?), n. [See Latitant.] Act or state of lying hid, or
lurking. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Lat"i*tant (?), a. [L. latitans, pr. of latitare to lie hid, to lurk,
v. intens. fr. latere to be hid: cf. F. latitant.] Lying hid;
concealed; latent. [R.]
||Lat"i*tat (?), n. [L., he lies hid.] (O. Eng. Law) A writ based upon
||the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Blackstone.
||
Lat`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. latitatio.] A lying in concealment; hiding.
[Obs.]
Lat"i*tude (?), n. [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide,
for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.] 1. Extent from side to
side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third
part.
Sir H. Wotton.
2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence,
looseness; laxity; independence.
In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits
described, but a latitude is indulged.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of
deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude
of monkish relations.
Fuller.