naturalize
Verbs
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(v) make into a citizen
- The French family was naturalized last year
- (v) explain with reference to nature
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(v) adopt to another place
- The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
- (v) make more natural or lifelike naturalise,
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(v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil