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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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naturalize

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Naturalize \Nat"u*ral*ize\, v. i.

1. To become as if native.

2. To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.

Infected by this naturalizing tendency. --H. Bushnell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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.

3. To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign words.

4. To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.

Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate. --Hawthorne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)