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Webster 1913 Edition
Naturalize
Nat′u-ral-ize
(?; 135)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Naturalized
(#)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Naturalizing
(#)
.] [Cf. F.
naturaliser
. See Natural
.] 1.
To make natural;
as, custom
. naturalizes
labor or study2.
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 words4.
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. Hawthorne.
Nat′u-ral-ize
,Verb.
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. H. Bushnell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Naturalize
NATURALIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To confer on an alien the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen; to adopt foreigners into a nation or state, and place them in the condition of natural born subjects.2.
To make natural; to render easy and familiar by custom and habit; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.3.
To adapt; to make suitable; to acclimate; as, to naturalize one to a climate.4.
To receive or adopt as native, natural or vernacular; to make our own; as, to naturalize foreign words.5.
To accustom; to habituate; as, to naturalize the vine to a cold climate.Definition 2024
naturalize
naturalize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
naturalize (third-person singular simple present naturalizes, present participle naturalizing, simple past and past participle naturalized)
- To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
- To acclimatize an animal or plant
- Hawthorne
- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- Hawthorne
- To make natural
- Custom naturalizes labour or study.
- To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
- (linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".
Usage notes
In English, foreign words are typically written in italics until they are naturalized.
Antonyms
Translations
to grant citizenship
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to acclimatize an animal or plant — see acclimatize
to make to natural
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to limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones
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linguistics: to make a natural part of a language
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References
- ↑ "naturalize" in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc.