naturalise, v.
(naturalised, naturalises, naturalising)
(naturalised, naturalises, naturalising)
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
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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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make more natural or lifelike
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naturalise naturalize
verb frames
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hypernym
adopt to another place
<verb.change>
naturalise naturalize
sample sentences
"The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"verb frames
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