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

Derived forms: naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing

See also: naturalization

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

Antonym: denaturalize

Encyclopedia: Naturalize