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to naturalize
01
to grant citizenship to a foreigner
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
naturalize
3rd person singular
naturalizes
Present participle
naturalizing
Past simple
naturalized
Past participle
naturalized
Examples
He was naturalized after passing the citizenship exam.
1.1
to obtain legal citizenship in a country where one was not born
Examples
She decided to naturalize in Canada after living there for ten years.
02
to make something more natural or lifelike
Examples
The artist naturalized the portrait with subtle shading.
03
to adapt someone or something to a new place
Examples
The settlers were naturalized to life in the new colony.
04
to adapt a plant, animal, or land to a new environment
Examples
The gardener naturalized the tulips in the wildflower meadow.
05
to explain something in terms of natural laws or processes
Examples
The philosopher naturalized moral behavior in terms of evolutionary psychology.
Lexical Tree
denaturalize
naturalized
naturalize
natural
nature
