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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. adopt to another place;
- Example: "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
[syn: naturalize, naturalise]

2. make more natural or lifelike;
[syn: naturalize, naturalise]

3. make into a citizen;
- Example: "The French family was naturalized last year"
[syn: naturalize, naturalise]

4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
- Example: "domesticate oats"
- Example: "tame the soil"
[syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

naturalise v 1: adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" [syn: naturalize, naturalise] 2: make more natural or lifelike [syn: naturalize, naturalise] [ant: denaturalise, denaturalize] 3: make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year" [syn: naturalize, naturalise] [ant: denaturalise, denaturalize] 4: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]