Disnaturalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. transitive

    "[he][…]having served his prince well both in Afric and India, and being ill rewarded, renounced his country , disnaturalizing himself as the custom then was"

Example

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"[he][…]having served his prince well both in Afric and India, and being ill rewarded, renounced his country , disnaturalizing himself as the custom then was"

Etymology

From dis- + naturalize.

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