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naturalize |
▶ British spelling: naturalise
▶ Function: verb
▶ Inflected forms: naturalizes; naturalized; naturalizing
▶ Meanings:
(1) [with object] : to allow (someone who was born in a different country) to become a new citizen
-The government refused to naturalize them without documentation.
-naturalized citizens of the U.S.
(2) to cause (a plant or animal from another place) to begin to grow and live in a new area
[with object]
-Several Asian fish have become naturalized in these lakes.
-Before you naturalize bulbs in your lawn, fertilize well.
-[no object]
These daisies naturalize well in the Pacific Northwest.
▶ Derived forms:
naturalization noun [noncount]
British spelling: naturalisation
-immigrants seeking naturalization>
-the naturalization of new plants in the river basin
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