Naturalize vs Indenize - What's the difference?
naturalize | indenize |
To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
To acclimatize an animal or plant
* Hawthorne
To make natural
To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
(linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.
As verbs the difference between naturalize and indenize
is that naturalize is to grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen while indenize is to naturalize.naturalize
English
Alternative forms
* naturaliseVerb
(en-verb)- Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
- Custom naturalizes labour or study.
- English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".
