Definitions for naturalize

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naturalize nat·u·ral·ize

Spelling: [nach-er-uh-lahyz, nach-ruh-]

IPA: /ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪz, ˈnætʃ rə-/

Naturalize is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 589 anagrams from letters in naturalize (aaeilnrtuz).

Definitions for naturalize

verb (used with object)

1. to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
2. to introduce (organisms) into a region and cause them to flourish as if native.
3. to introduce or adopt (foreign practices, words, etc.) into a country or into general use:
4. to bring into conformity with nature.
5. to regard or explain as natural rather than supernatural:
6. to adapt or accustom to a place or to new surroundings.

verb (used without object)

1. to become naturalized.
2. to adapt as if native to a new environment, set of circumstances, etc.
3. to study or carry on research in natural history.

Origin of naturalize

First recorded in 1585-95; natural + -ize

Examples for naturalize

Michigan was in all probability the first American institution to naturalize these products of Continental universities.

A bill to naturalize the Prince was, of course, indispensable.

He purchased a considerable estate, and made experiments on those kinds of tillage that he hoped to naturalize in that climate.

In 1849 a bill was passed to naturalize women who married native-born or naturalized subjects.

A few words on the latest attempt which has been made to naturalize an exotic bird in England will not seem out of place here.

Seemingly there was an attempt to naturalize "all Greece and Rome."

Pasdeloup has splendidly welcomed the illustrious guest that he endeavours to introduce and to naturalize in France.

The attempt to naturalize them in France, or any Continental nation, he regards as mischievous quackery.

There are certain grasses that will naturalize themselves there—for instance, clover, blue-joint, and timothy.

In like manner the attempt to naturalize avant-courier in the shape of vancurrier has failed.