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naturalize - make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year" |
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naturalise |
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denaturalise,
denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
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modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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immigrate come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century"
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naturalize - make more natural or lifelike |
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naturalise |
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denaturalise,
denaturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized"
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modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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naturalize - adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" |
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naturalise |
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adapt,
accommodate make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
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naturalize - explain with reference to nature |
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explicate,
explain elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
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