Definition of naturalize

verb (v)

• make into a citizen (verb.change)

  Synonym: naturalise
  Antonym: denaturalise, denaturalize
  

  Example:
  The French family was naturalized last year.
  

  source: wordnet30
• explain with reference to nature (verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• adopt to another place (verb.change)

  Example:
  The stories had become naturalized into an American setting.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make more natural or lifelike (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment (verb.change)

  Synonym: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become as if native. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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