Definitions for naturalize
ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪz, ˈnætʃ rə-nat·u·ral·ize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. naturalize, naturaliseverb

   make into a citizen

   "The French family was naturalized last year"

2. naturalizeverb

   explain with reference to nature

3. naturalize, naturaliseverb

   adopt to another place

   "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"

4. naturalize, naturaliseverb

   make more natural or lifelike

5. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tameverb

   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. naturalizeverb

   To grant citizenship to someone born abroad

2. naturalizeverb

   To acclimatize an animal or plant

3. naturalizeverb

   To make to appear more natural

4. naturalizeverb

   To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones

5. naturalizeverb

   To make (a word) a natural part of (the language)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Naturalizeverb

   Etymology: from natural.

   1. To adopt into a community; to invest with the privileges of native subjects.

   The great lords informed the king, that the Irish might not be naturalized without damage to themselves or the crown. John Davies, on Ireland.

   2. To make natural; to make easy like things natural.

   He rises fresh to his hammer and anvil; custom has naturalized his labour to him. Robert South, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. naturalize

   Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the individual, or it may involve an application or a motion and approval by legal authorities. The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obey and uphold that country's laws and taking and subscribing to an oath of allegiance, and may specify other requirements such as a minimum legal residency and adequate knowledge of the national dominant language or culture. To counter multiple citizenship, some countries require that applicants for naturalization renounce any other citizenship that they currently hold, but whether this renunciation actually causes loss of original citizenship, as seen by the host country and by the original country, will depend on the laws of the countries involved. The massive increase in population flux due to globalization and the sharp increase in the numbers of refugees following World War I created many stateless persons, people who were not citizens of any state. In some rare cases, laws for mass naturalization were passed. As naturalization laws had been designed to cater for the relatively few people who had voluntarily moved from one country to another (expatriates), many western democracies were not ready to naturalize large numbers of people. This included the massive influx of stateless people which followed massive denationalizations and the expulsion of ethnic minorities from newly created nation states in the first part of the 20th century.Since World War II, the increase in international migrations created a new category of migrants, most of them economic migrants. For economic, political, humanitarian and pragmatic reasons, many states passed laws allowing a person to acquire their citizenship after birth, such as by marriage to a national – jus matrimonii – or by having ancestors who are nationals of that country, in order to reduce the scope of this category. However, in some countries this system still maintains a large part of the immigrant population in an illegal status, albeit with some massive regularizations. Examples include Spain under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government, and Italy under Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Naturalizeverb

   to make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study

2. Naturalizeverb

   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. Naturalizeverb

   to receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words

4. Naturalizeverb

   to adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions

5. Naturalizeverb

   to become as if native

6. Naturalizeverb

   to explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural

7. Etymology: [Cf. F. naturaliser. See Natural.]

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1. • Adapt
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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of naturalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of naturalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=naturalize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Naturalize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=naturalize
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalize
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naturalize