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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,
run on in a groove,
go round like a horse in a mill,
go on in the old jog trot way.
habituate,
inure,
harden,
season,
caseharden;
accustom,
familiarize;
naturalize,
acclimatize;
keep one's hand in;
train
etc.
(educate)
537.
get into the way,
get into the knack of;
learn
etc.
539;
cling to,
adhere to;
repeat
etc.
104;
acquire a habit,
contract a habit,
fall into a habit,
acquire a trick,
contract a trick,
fall into a trick;
addict oneself to,
take to,
get into.
be habitual
etc.
adj.;
prevail;
come into use,
become a habit,
take root;
gain upon one,
grow upon one.
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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;
house,
stow;
establish,
fix,
pin,
root;
graft;
plant
etc.
(insert)
300;
shelve,
pitch,
camp,
lay down,
deposit,
reposit†;
cradle;
moor,
tether,
picket;
pack,
tuck in;
embed,
imbed;
vest,
invest in.
billet on,
quarter upon,
saddle with;
load,
lade,
freight;
pocket,
put up,
bag.
inhabit
etc.
(be present)
186;
domesticate,
colonize;
take root,
strike root;
anchor;
cast anchor,
come to an anchor;
sit down,
settle down;
settle;
take up one's abode,
take up one's quarters;
plant oneself,
establish oneself,
locate oneself;
squat,
perch,
hive,
se nicher [Fr.],
bivouac,
burrow,
get a footing;
encamp,
pitch one's tent;
put up at,
put up one's horses at;
keep house.
endenizen†,
naturalize,
adopt.
put back,
replace
etc.
(restore)
660.
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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, change, change into, change over, condition, confer citizenship, confirm, convert, do over, domesticate, domesticize, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, go native, habituate, harden, housebreak, inure, make, make over, orient, orientate, reconvert, reduce to, render, resolve into, reverse, season, shift, switch, switch over, tame, train, transform, turn back, turn into, wont ... show more.
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