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Naturalises vs Naturalizes - What's the difference?

naturalises | naturalizes |

As verbs the difference between naturalises and naturalizes

is that naturalises is third-person singular of naturalise while naturalizes is third-person singular of naturalize.

naturalises

English

Verb

(head)
  • (naturalise)
    • ----

    naturalise

    English

    Verb

    (naturalis)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    naturalizes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (naturalize)

    • naturalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * naturalise

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
  • To acclimatize an animal or plant
  • * Hawthorne
    • Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
  • To make natural
    • Custom naturalizes labour or study.
  • To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
  • (linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
    • English speakers have naturalized the French word "cafĂ©".

    Usage notes

    In English, foreign words are typically written in italics until they are naturalized .

    Antonyms

    * supernaturalize

    References