1. (

• naturalize ,
• naturalise

) make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year" ;

2. (

• naturalize

) explain with reference to nature ;

3. (

• naturalize ,
• naturalise ,

) adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting" ;

4. (

• naturalize ,
• naturalise ,

) make more natural or lifelike ;

5. (

• domesticate ,
• cultivate ,
• naturalize ,
• naturalise ,
• tame ,

) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" ;