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naturalized | od |

As a verb naturalized

is (naturalize).

As a noun od is

(archaic except in dialects) god or od can be an alleged force or natural power, supposed, by reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc; — also called odyle or the odylic force.

naturalized

English

Alternative forms

*naturalised

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 "café".

    Usage notes

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

    Antonyms

    * supernaturalize

    References

    od

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of God.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaic except in dialects) God
  • Etymology 2

    An arbitrary coinage.

    Noun

    (head)
  • An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; — also called odyle or the odylic force.
  • Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----