Nationalise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo."

  2. 2
    put under state control or ownership wordnet
  3. 3
    make national in character or scope wordnet

Synonyms

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nationalizenationalize

Example

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"It was done in order to nationalise — or rather to Babylonise — all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo."

Etymology

From French nationaliser, equivalent to national + -ise.

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