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naturalize

verb

1 naturalize

Make into a citizen:
— The French family was naturalized last year.

synonym: naturalise.

Roget 613: be wont etc. adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom etc. (conform to) 82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a rut, ... show more

Dutch: naturaliseren

2 naturalize

Explain with reference to nature.

3 naturalize

Adopt to another place:
— The stories had become naturalized into an American setting.

synonym: naturalise.

4 naturalize

Make more natural or lifelike.

synonym: naturalise.

5 naturalize

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.

synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Americanize, Anglicize, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, acculturate, acculturize, accustom, adapt, adjust, admit, adopt, affiliate, assimilate, assimilate to, become, break, break in, bring to, case harden ... show more.

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