naturalize, v.
(naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing)
freq. cnt. 1
(naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing)
freq. cnt. 1
make into a citizen
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
naturalise naturalize
sample sentences
"The French family was naturalized last year"verb frames
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derivationally related form
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
<verb.change>
cultivate domesticate naturalise naturalize tame
sample sentences
"domesticate oats""tame the soil"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
make more natural or lifelike
<verb.change>
naturalise naturalize
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
adopt to another place
<verb.change>
naturalise naturalize
sample sentences
"The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
explain with reference to nature
<verb.communication>
naturalize
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
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hypernym