verb
1. adopt to another place
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The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
• Syn: ↑naturalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naturalisation, ↑naturalization (for: ↑naturalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑adapt, ↑accommodate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. make more natural or lifelike
• Syn: ↑naturalize
• Ant: ↑denaturalize (for: ↑naturalize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naturalisation, ↑naturalization (for: ↑naturalize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
3. make into a citizen
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The French family was naturalized last year
• Syn: ↑naturalize
• Ant: ↑denaturalize (for: ↑naturalize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naturalisation, ↑naturalization (for: ↑naturalize)
• Entailment: ↑immigrate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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domesticate oats
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tame the soil
• Syn: ↑domesticate, ↑cultivate, ↑naturalize, ↑tame
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naturalisation, ↑naturalization (for: ↑naturalize)
• Topics: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life
• Hypernyms: ↑adapt, ↑accommodate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.