Definition of naturalize Naturalize

/næˈʧɚʌlajˌz/ - [natcherulayz] - nat•u•ral•ize

We found 17 definitions of naturalize from 4 different sources.

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British English

naturalise - /nˈæt‍ʃəɹəlˌa‍ɪz/

American English

naturalize - /næˈʧɚʌlajˌz/

What does naturalize mean?

WordNet

Verb naturalizes, naturalizing, naturalized
naturalize - make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
		naturalise
		denaturalise, denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		immigrate come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"
naturalize - make more natural or lifelike
		naturalise
		denaturalise, denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
naturalize - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
		naturalise
		adapt, accommodate make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
naturalize - explain with reference to nature
		explicate, explain elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
naturalize - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
		domesticate, cultivate, naturalise, tame
		adapt, accommodate make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
		plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

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Wiktionary

naturalize (Verb)
To grant citizenship to someone born abroad.
naturalize (Verb)
To acclimatize an animal or plant.
naturalize (Verb)
To make to appear more natural.
naturalize (Verb)
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.
naturalize (Verb)
To make a word a natural part of.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

naturalize (v. t.)
To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
naturalize (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.
naturalize (v. t.)
To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
naturalize (v. t.)
To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.
naturalize (v. i.)
To become as if native.
naturalize (v. i.)
To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.