verb🔗ShareTo grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen"After living in the United States for five years, Maria decided to naturalize and become a citizen. "politicsgovernmentnationrightlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo make natural"Custom naturalizes labour or study."politicsgovernmentnationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones"To understand how the brain works, scientists naturalize its functions, focusing on chemical and electrical processes rather than attributing behavior to a soul or spirit. "philosophyreligionsciencetheologysupernaturalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make (a word) a natural part of the language."English speakers have naturalized the French word "café"."languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo study nature."To truly understand the local ecosystem, the biology students spent the semester working to naturalize in the nearby forest, carefully observing the plants and animals. "naturebiologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
