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Naturalise

verb

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

    "In Madame de Mercœur they were naturalised by a total deficiency of imagination. She was kind, good, and even penetrating, when enlightened by the affections; but head is required for the very highest qualities of the heart, and those were beyond Madame de Mercœur."

  2. 2
    adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment wordnet
  3. 3
    make into a citizen wordnet
  4. 4
    make more natural or lifelike wordnet
  5. 5
    adopt to another place wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French naturaliser. By surface analysis, natural + -ise.

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