- to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- to introduce (organisms) into a region and cause them to flourish as if native.
- to introduce or adopt (foreign practices, words, etc.) into a country or into general use: to naturalize a French phrase.
- to bring into conformity with nature.
- to regard or explain as natural rather than supernatural: to naturalize miracles.
- to adapt or accustom to a place or to new surroundings.
- to become naturalized.
- to adapt as if native to a new environment, set of circumstances, etc.
- to study or carry on research in natural history.
- to give citizenship to (a person of foreign birth)
- to be or cause to be adopted in another place, as a word, custom, etc
- to introduce (a plant or animal from another region) and cause it to adapt to local conditions
- (of a plant or animal) to adapt successfully to a foreign environment and spread there
- to explain (something unusual) with reference to nature, excluding the supernatural
- to make natural or more lifelike