'nationalize' definitions:

Definition of 'nationalize'

From: WordNet
verb
Put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise] [ant: denationalise, denationalize]
verb
Make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize, nationalise]

Definition of 'nationalize'

From: GCIDE
  • nationalize \na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Nationalizing.] [Cf. F. nationaliser.]
  • 1. To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry. [PJC]

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