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1. Adopt to another place
   "The stories had become naturalised into an American setting"
   - naturalize
    
2. Make more natural or lifelike
   - naturalize
    
3. Make into a citizen
   "The French family was naturalised last year"
   - naturalize
    
4. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   - domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, tame
    
5. Explain with reference to nature
   - naturalize

Derived forms: naturalised, naturalises, naturalising

See also: naturalisation [Brit]

Type of: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, explain, explicate, modify

Encyclopedia: Naturalise