Definition of Naturalise

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

Exact synonyms: Naturalize
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalization

2. Verb. Make more natural or lifelike.
Exact synonyms: Naturalize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalization
Antonyms: Denaturalize

3. Verb. Make into a citizen. "The French family was naturalized last year"
Exact synonyms: Naturalize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Entails: Immigrate
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalization
Antonyms: Denaturalize

4. Verb. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. "Tame the soil"
Exact synonyms: Cultivate, Domesticate, Naturalize, Tame
Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalisation, Naturalization, Naturalization

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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