naturalize
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnætʃəɹəˌlaɪz/, /ˈnætʃɹəˌlaɪz/
naturalize (naturalizes, present participle naturalizing; past and past participle naturalized)
- To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
- To acclimatize an animal or plant
- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- 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.
- In English, foreign words are typically written in italics until they are naturalized.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".
- To study nature.
- French: naturaliser
- German: einbürgern
- Portuguese: naturalizar
- Spanish: naturalizar
- Portuguese: naturalizar
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