'Naturalize' definitions:

Definition of 'naturalize'

(from WordNet)
verb
Make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year" [syn: naturalize, naturalise] [ant: denaturalise, denaturalize]
verb
Explain with reference to nature
verb
Adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" [syn: naturalize, naturalise]
verb
Make more natural or lifelike [syn: naturalize, naturalise] [ant: denaturalise, denaturalize]
verb
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]

Definition of 'Naturalize'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Naturalize'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'naturalize'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Naturalize'