Definition of Naturalize

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

Exact synonyms: Naturalise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Entails: Immigrate
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalization
Antonyms: Denaturalize

2. Verb. Explain with reference to nature.
Generic synonyms: Explain, Explicate

3. Verb. Adopt to another place. "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
Exact synonyms: Naturalise
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Derivative terms: Naturalisation, Naturalization

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

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

Definition of Naturalize

1. v. t. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

2. v. i. To become as if native.

Definition of Naturalize

1. Verb. To grant citizenship to someone born abroad ¹

2. Verb. To acclimatize an animal or plant ¹

3. Verb. To make to appear more natural ¹

4. Verb. To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones ¹

5. Verb. (context: linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of (the language) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Naturalize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naturalize

naturalisations
naturalise
naturalised
naturalises
naturalising
naturalism
naturalisms
naturalist
naturalistic
naturalistic fallacy
naturalistically
naturalists
naturality
naturalization
naturalizations
naturalize (current term)
naturalized
naturalizes
naturalizing
naturall
naturally
naturally occurring
naturalness
naturalnesses
naturals
nature
nature-nurture issue
nature morte

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