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to naturalize

to naturalize

1 6.0
To make a plant, word, or custom become common in a new place
  • verb
  • /ˈnæʧərəˌlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : naturalizar
  • Where non-Japanese were allowed to naturalize, they had to relinquish their culture and take a Japanese name.
  • naturalize social relations

So Lewis said to acquire a taste for this book is almost to become naturalized in the Middle Ages.

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Examples

  • In this paper, the focus is on naturalized refugees who were locally integrated into Tanzanian society.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Hazelnut can be planted as a shrub border, a screen, or in naturalized areas.

  • So I found that I just plant a few of those and go for daffodils because they do well here and they naturalize and they they come back year after year.

    Garden Answer

  • Among the Candomblé species of New World origin, 45 percent have become naturalized in West Africa.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The foreign-born sample included naturalized citizens of the United States as well as noncitizens who were on temporary immigrant or permanent visas.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Given the advantages of investing in pre-primary education, especially for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, self-settled naturalized refugees would benefit tremendously from this policy.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Daffodils naturalize in your flower beds or along the sunny edge of a woodland garden.

  • In another part of the woods, Hosta ventricosa has now naturalized itself over half an acre.

Synonyms

to accustom
vsto naturalize
139 3.6

To make someone used to something so it feels normal

focuses on changing something to fit a new environment and seem typical
to assimilate
vsto naturalize
77 6.1

Become similar to other people by joining their group and learning their customs

focuses on adapting things or customs to a new environment rather than personal integration
to normalize
vsto naturalize
  • US
35 4.1

Make something usual or bring it back to its usual state

is about adapting into a new environment until it becomes typical there
to acclimate
vsto naturalize
25 5.2

To get used to a new climate, place, or situation

is about making items or customs seem normal in a setting not just climate
to acclimatize
vsto naturalize
  • US
4 6.1

To get used to a new climate or place

focuses on modifying or accustoming things to fit a new context not just climate
to habituate
vsto naturalize
2 6.7

To get used to something new so it no longer seems strange

is about adapting items or customs to a new context until they seem normal
to acculturate
vsto naturalize
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Learn and use the customs and ways of another group

is broader covering making things typical in any new context not only cultural
to enculturate
vsto naturalize
  • Specialized
9.2

Change something so it fits local customs and values

emphasizes fitting into a culture specifically rather than any new environment

Antonyms

to alienate
123 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

How Integrated

to naturalize
  • US
1 6.0
to acclimatize
  • US
4 6.1
to adapt
178 3.2
to introduce
520 2.1

Surface Forms

naturalize infinitive
naturalized past
naturalized past participle
naturalizing present participle
naturalizes third person singular

Morphology

naturalize = natural (transparent) = nature + al + ize

Standard verb formation from 'natural' by adding -ize to mean 'make or become natural in that environment'.

Etymology

Naturalize comes from natural and the Latin natura meaning 'nature', so to naturalize plants or customs is to help them become part of the local nature, as if they truly belong there.