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- verb Present participle of
Latinise .
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Examples
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They were not afraid of Latinising, but they had an ample stock of the pure vernacular to draw on.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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The common opinion charges Milton with Latinising heavily; and so he does.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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Browne's, and showing clearly that he does not always abuse Latinising, would hardly be what it is without the word "antipodes."
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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The two charges first referred to are Latinising of vocabulary and disorderly syntax of sentence.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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As Dr.J. B. Carter has well said, [472] "the Latins, becoming rapidly inferior to Rome, were enabled to do her at least this service, that of absorbing the foreign influences which came, and in certain cases of Latinising them, and thus transmitting them to Rome in a more or less assimilated condition."
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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The two artists had separate monograms to distinguish the pictures which were specially their own, besides which the monk signed his with the touching petition, “orate pro pictore,” his friend merely Latinising his name; the works painted together were signed by the combined monograms.
Fra Bartolommeo Scott, Leader, 1837-1902 1881
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The two artists had separate monograms to distinguish the pictures which were specially their own, besides which the monk signed his with the touching petition, "_orate pro pictore, _" his friend merely Latinising his name; the works painted together were signed by the combined monograms.
Fra Bartolommeo Leader Scott 1869
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But as Milton was addicted to Latinising, I will give some examples from Shakspeare himself:
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Philatus (what objection is there to Latinising, in the usual way, the
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Wilson and Ascham himself at their head, made indeed earnest protests against Latinising the vocabulary (the great fault of the contemporary
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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