1
[ verb ] make into a citizen

Synonyms

naturalise

Examples

"The French family was naturalized last year"

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

George_W._Cable ( naturalized New_Englander ) , writing in 1889 from `` Paradise_Road , Northampton '' ( lovely symbolic name ) , agitated continuously the `` Southern question '' .

Related terms

denaturalize change immigrate

2
[ verb ] adopt to another place

Synonyms

naturalise

Examples

"The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"

Related terms

adapt naturalisation

3
[ verb ] make more natural or lifelike

Synonyms

naturalise

4
[ verb ] explain with reference to nature

Related terms

explain

5
[ verb ] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

Examples

"domesticate oats" "tame the soil"

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