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Definition of Naturalise

1. Verb. Adopt to another place. "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"

2. Verb. Make more natural or lifelike.

3. Verb. Make into a citizen. "The French family was naturalized last year"

4. Verb. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. "Tame the soil"

Definition of Naturalise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of naturalize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Naturalise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naturalise

natural selection natural shape natural son natural sons natural spring natural state natural theology natural transformation natural unit natural units

natural user interface natural user interfaces natural virtue naturalisation naturalisations naturalise (current term) naturalised naturalises naturalising naturalism

naturalisms naturalist naturalistic naturalistic fallacy naturalistically naturalists naturality naturalization naturalizations naturalize

Literary usage of Naturalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most by Charles N. Baldwin (1850)
"... author of " Historia naturalise Helvetia Curio sa," died in 1695. WAGST AFFE, Thomas, an English prelate, and an author, died in 1713. ..."

2. The Transvaal by John Abraham Jacob De Villiers (1896)
"How to naturalise and obtain the Franchise. According to Law No. 14 of 1893 (dated 8th September 1893), naturalisation may now be obtained after two years' ..."

3. Days with Industrials: Adventures and Experiences Among Curious Industries by Alexander Hay Japp (1889)
"... I. THE SEARCH FOR PLANTS AND ATTEMPTS TO naturalise THEM. In the year 1639 the wife of a Spanish Viceroy of Peru returned to Europe from that country; ..."

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