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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Naturalize \Nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Naturalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Naturalizing.] [Cf. F.
     naturaliser. See Natural.]
     1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or
        citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner
        into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a
        native subject.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to
        make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to
        cause to grow as under natural conditions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might
              yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Naturalize \Nat"u*ral*ize\, v. i.
     1. To become as if native.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the
        exclusion of the supernatural.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Infected by this naturalizing tendency. --H.
                                                    Bushnell.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Naturalize \Nat"u*ral*ize\, v. i.
     1. To become as if native.
  
     2. To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the
        exclusion of the supernatural.
  
              Infected by this naturalizing tendency. --H.
                                                    Bushnell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Naturalize \Nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Naturalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Naturalizing.] [Cf. F.
     naturaliser. See Natural.]
     1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
  
     2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or
        citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner
        into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a
        native subject.
  
     3. To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to
        make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.
  
     4. To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to
        cause to grow as under natural conditions.
  
              Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might
              yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
                                                    --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  naturalize
       v 1: make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last
            year" [syn: naturalise] [ant: denaturalize]
       2: explain with reference to nature
       3: adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized
          into an American setting" [syn: naturalise]
       4: make more natural or lifelike [syn: naturalise] [ant: denaturalize]
       5: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
          "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate,
           naturalise, tame]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  naturalize
     vb.
     To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  naturalize
     vb.
     To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  naturalize
     vb.
     To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  naturalize
     vb.
     To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/
  طبّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  naturalize //ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz// //ˈnæt͡ʃɹəˌlaɪz// 
  1. заимствам
  linguistics: to make a natural part of a language
  2. натурализирам
  to grant citizenship

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/
  udělit občanství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/ 
  naturalizovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/
  zdomácnět

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/ 
  etw. naturalisieren 
     Synonym: naturalise sth.
  
   see: naturalizing, naturalising, naturalized, naturalised
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  naturalize //ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz// //ˈnæt͡ʃɹəˌlaɪz// 
  1. naturalisoida
  linguistics: to make a natural part of a language
  2. myöntää kansalaisuus, naturalisoida
  to grant citizenship
  3. selittää luonnollisella tavalla
  to limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones
  4. luonnollistaa
  to make to natural

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/ 
  1. प्राकृतिक~या~सहज~बनाना
        "He is a naturalized citizen of that country."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/
  odomaćiti se, prilagoditi se, primiti državljanstvo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  naturalize //ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz// //ˈnæt͡ʃɹəˌlaɪz// 
  naturalisera
  to grant citizenship

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  naturalize /nˈatʃəɹəlˌaɪz/
  1. yabancı uyrukluğa kabul etmek
  2. yabancı kelimeleri lisana almak
  3. bir bitki veya hayvanı yerlileştirmek
  4. tabiata uydurmak, tabiileştirmek
  5. yerlisi gibi olmak
  6. tabiatı incelemek. naturaliza'tion  uyrukluğa kabul
  7. yerlileşme
  8. yerlileştirme.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnætʃɝəˌɫaɪz/, /ˈnætʃɹəˌɫaɪz/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "naturalize":
     Americanize, Anglicize, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate,
     acculturate, acculturize, accustom, adapt, adjust, admit, adopt,
     affiliate, assimilate, assimilate to, become, break, break in,
     bring to, case harden, change, change into, change over, condition,
     confer citizenship, confirm, convert, do over, domesticate,
     domesticize, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, go native,
     habituate, harden, housebreak, inure, make, make over, orient,
     orientate, reconvert, reduce to, render, resolve into, reverse,
     season, shift, switch, switch over, tame, train, transform,
     turn back, turn into, wont
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 使归化;移植;采纳

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