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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
  2. [v]  make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
  3. [v]  make more natural or lifelike
  4. [v]  adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
 
 Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame
 
 Antonyms: denaturalise, denaturalize
 
 See Also: accommodate, adapt, alter, change, immigrate

 

 

 

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