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View definitions for naturalize

naturalize

verb as in confer citizenship upon

verb as in habituate

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They were barred from becoming naturalized citizens—and many states passed Alien Land Laws, making it impossible for Koreans to buy their own farmland and control the means of production.

From Time

What set the project apart, though, was that it compared small businesses owned by US-born citizens and naturalized citizens.

You Xiaorong, a naturalized US citizen, is charged with stealing research on BPA-free coatings for bottles from her employer, Coca-Cola.

When they naturalize as US citizens, they gain the right to vote.

From Quartz

The share of those getting naturalized rose from 62% in 2005 to 67% 2015.

From Quartz

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

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.

If I have failed, I have but added another failure to the numerous attempts to naturalize hexameter verse in the English language.

When portions of the stem or of the tuber are thrown away by the side of streams, they naturalize themselves easily.

The seeds of sesame often sow themselves outside plantations, and more or less naturalize the species.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to naturalize, such as: acclimate, accustom, adapt, adopt, and conform.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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