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naturalized

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nat·u·ral·ize  (nchr--lz, nchr-)
v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth).
2. To adopt (something foreign) into general use.
3. To adapt or acclimate (a plant or animal) to a new environment; introduce and establish as if native.
4. To cause to conform to nature.
v.intr.
To become naturalized or acclimated; undergo adaptation.

natu·ral·iza·ble adj.
natu·ral·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.naturalized - introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
foreign, strange - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
2.naturalized - planted so as to give an effect of wild growth; "drifts of naturalized daffodils"
planted - set in the soil for growth
Translations
naturalized [ˈnætʃərəlaɪzd] naturalised (British) adj (British) [citizen] → naturalisé(e)


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De Winter took us to the house of a Spaniard, who, he said, had become naturalized as an Englishman by the guineas of his new compatriots.
Following close after Columbus, the Cabots, Italian-born, but naturalized Englishmen, discovered North America, and for a hundred years the rival ships of Spain, England, and Portugal filled the waters of the new West and the new East.
He was a naturalized German, who had anglicised his name, and he had lived many years in England.
 
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