naturalize

IPA: nˈætʃɝʌɫaɪz

To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
To acclimatize an animal or plant.
To make natural
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.
(linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native homologue of each phoneme (and often for each morpheme) of the imported word (e.g., native inflections).
To study nature.

Examples of "naturalize" in Sentences

What's next … is he going to "naturalize" the vasectomy?! sign up by email.
We use the term naturalize, that is, to make natural born, in the same sense.
As we grow accustomed to our techniques and artifacts we tend to "naturalize" them.
One way to naturalize is to toss the bulbs in the air, and then plant them where they fall.
Anyone who follows genealogy knows that the feds did not naturalize until late in the nineteenth century.
In almost every aspect of my life I feel the need to reevaluate and further "naturalize" my way of living.
Solomon wishes to "naturalize" spirituality starting from the standpoint that, in his words, "if spirituality means anything it means thoughtfulness" (p. 5).
The very term "naturalize," with which we denote the initiation of a foreigner, is a confession that the nation is not a social contract but a natural relation.
However, if FCBs keep heavily subsidizing the US Treasury with 1\% note auctions as the evidence (I will put up a comment on today's 5 year auction later) this week suggests, then the 2nd and 3rd quarters will begin to "naturalize" into more standard recessionary rather than depressionary conditions.