Naturalize Definition

năchər-ə-līz, năchrə-
naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing
verb
naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing
To confer the rights of citizenship upon (an alien)
Webster's New World
To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth).
American Heritage
To adopt and make common (a custom, word, etc.) from another country or place.
Webster's New World
To study nature.
Webster's New World
To become naturalized, or as if native.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Naturalize

  • 1585-95, from natural + -ize

    From Wiktionary

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