Naturalize

verb

/ˈnætʃəɹəˌlaɪz/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen

2.verbTo acclimatize an animal or plant

3.verbTo make natural

"Custom naturalizes labour or study."

4.verbTo limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones

5.verbTo make (a word) a natural part of the language.

"English speakers have naturalized the French word "café"."

6.verbTo study nature.

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