naturalize

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Synonyms: naturalise, naturalism, naturalist, naturality, naturalized, denaturalize, auralize, lateralize, unnaturalize, naturalizes, naturize

Antonyms: naturalise, naturalism, naturalist, naturality, naturalized, denaturalize, auralize, lateralize, unnaturalize, naturalizes, naturize

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grant]] [[citizenship]] to someone not born a [[citizen]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[acclimatize]] an [[animal]] or [[plant]].
3. To make [[natural]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[limit]] [[explanation]]s of a [[phenomenon]] to [[naturalistic]] ones and [[exclude]] [[supernatural]] ones.
5. {{senseid|en|linguistics}} {{lb|en|linguistics|transitive}} To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native {{l|en|homologue#Noun}} of each {{l|en|phoneme#Noun}} (and often for each {{l|en|morpheme#Noun}}) of the imported word (e.g., native {{l|en|inflection#Noun|inflections}}).
6. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To [[study]] [[nature]].

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