Naturalized

Naturalized
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]


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  • naturalized — (Amer.) adj. planted in order to give an effect that it grows as if native; (of animals) established in order to live wild as if native and originating from in a place where it is not indigenous (also naturalised) naturalize (Amer.)… …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • naturalized — nat|u|ral|ized [ nætʃərə,laızd ] adjective 1. ) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2. ) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that people… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • naturalized — UK [ˈnætʃ(ə)rəlaɪzd] / US [ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪzd] adjective 1) a naturalized citizen is someone who has officially become a citizen of a country in which they were not born 2) a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that… …   English dictionary

  • naturalized — adj. Naturalized is used with these nouns: ↑citizen …   Collocations dictionary

  • naturalized — [[t]næ̱tʃərəlaɪzd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A naturalized citizen of a particular country is someone who has legally become a citizen of that country, although they were not born there. (in BRIT, also use naturalised) …   English dictionary

  • naturalized — un·naturalized; …   English syllables

  • naturalized — adjective 1. introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑established • Similar to: ↑foreign, ↑strange 2. planted so as to give an effect of wild growth drifts of naturalized daffodils …   Useful english dictionary

  • Naturalized epistemology — is a collection of philosophic views concerned with the theory of knowledge that emphasize the role of natural scientific methods. This shared emphasis on scientific methods of studying knowledge shifts focus to the empirical processes of… …   Wikipedia

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