English to English
verb
- make into a citizen
The French family was naturalized last year.
source: WordNet 3.0
- explain with reference to nature
source: WordNet 3.0
- adopt to another place
The stories had become naturalized into an American setting.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make more natural or lifelike
source: WordNet 3.0
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Domesticate oats.
Tame the soil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
source: Webster 1913
- To become as if native.
source: Webster 1913
