naturalize
pronunciation
How to pronounce naturalize in British English:
UK [ˈnætʃrəlaɪz]
How to pronounce naturalize in American English:
US [ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz, ˈnætʃrə-]
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- Verb:
- make into a citizen
- explain with reference to nature
- adopt to another place
- make more natural or lifelike
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Word Origin
- naturalize (v.)
- "admit (an alien) to rights of a citizen," 1550s (implied in naturalized), from natural (adj.) in its etymological sense of "by birth" + -ize; in some instances from Middle French naturaliser, from natural. Of things, from 1620s; of plants or animals, from 1796. Related: Naturalizing.
Example
- 1. His dream was to naturalize indigo in france .
- 2. These kinds of originating and developing differences become the barriers to cross-cultural intercommunion and naturalization of traditional festivals , especially for chinese traditional festivals to naturalize across cultures to western countries .
- 3. In representing distant lands and ethnically diverse peoples of the frontiers to audiences in china proper , these works transformed places once considered non-chinese into familiar parts of the empire and thereby helped to naturalize qing expansionism .