confer citizenship; become a citizen; make into a citizen; adapt to the environment, adjust; acclimate, acclimatize; (Botany) cause a plant to become established and grow as if native (also naturalise)
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Naturalize Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
(v. t.)
To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.
To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.
(v. i.)
To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.
To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.
(v. i.)
To become as if native.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo become as if native.
naturalize
\nat"u*ral*ize\, v. i.
1. to become as if native.
2. to explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural. infected by this naturalizing tendency. bushnell.
naturalize
\nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. naturalized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. naturalizing (#).] [cf. f. naturaliser. see natural.] 1. to make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
2. 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. to receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
4. to adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions. its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the new england climate.
naturalize
v
1. make into a citizen; "the french family was naturalized last year" [syn: naturalise]
[ant: denaturalize]
2. explain with reference to nature
3. adopt to another place; "the stories had become naturalized into an american setting" [syn: naturalise]
4. make more natural or lifelike [syn: naturalise]
[ant: denaturalize]
5. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, tame]
Verb
1. make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
(synonym) naturalise
(antonym) denaturalize, denaturalise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(entail) immigrate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
2. explain with reference to nature
(hypernym) explain, explicate
3. adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
(synonym) naturalise
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
4. make more natural or lifelike
(synonym) naturalise
(antonym) denaturalize, denaturalise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
5. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
(synonym) domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, tame
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(derivation) naturalization, naturalisation
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
Naturalize Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth.
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