naturalize

Verb
  1. Make into a citizen (synset 200413217)
    "The French family was naturalized last year"
    entail: immigrate - come into a new country and change residency
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: naturalise
  2. Explain with reference to nature (synset 200941788)
    is a type of: explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible
  3. Adopt to another place (synset 200413918)
    "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
    is a type of: accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    same as: naturalise
  4. Make more natural or lifelike (synset 200413621)
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: naturalise
  5. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment (synset 200303245)
    "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
    referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    is a type of: accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    same as: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame

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