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1. (v.t.) naturalize
to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
2. naturalize
to introduce (plants, birds, etc.) into a region and cause them to flourish as if native.
3. naturalize
to introduce or adopt (foreign practices, words, etc.) into a country or into general use.
4. naturalize
to bring into conformity with nature.
5. naturalize
to regard or explain as natural rather than supernatural.
6. naturalize
to adapt or accustom to a place or to new surroundings.
7. (v.i.) naturalize
to become naturalized.
8. naturalize
to adapt as if native to a new environment, set of circumstances, etc.
9. naturalize
to study or carry on research in natural history.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) naturalize, naturalise
make into a citizen
"The French family was naturalized last year"
2. (verb) naturalize
explain with reference to nature
3. (verb) naturalize, naturalise
adopt to another place
"The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
4. (verb) naturalize, naturalise
make more natural or lifelike
5. (verb) domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) naturalize
to make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study
2. (verb) naturalize
to confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject
3. (verb) naturalize
to receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words
4. (verb) naturalize
to adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions
5. (verb) naturalize
to become as if native
6. (verb) naturalize
to explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural
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