Associations to the word «Naturalise»

Wiktionary

NATURALISE, verb. Alternative spelling of naturalize

Dictionary definition

NATURALISE, verb. Adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting".
NATURALISE, verb. Make more natural or lifelike.
NATURALISE, verb. Make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year".
NATURALISE, verb. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats