Meanings
verbdenize (third-person singular simple present denizes, present participle denizing, simple past and past participle denized)
present singular third person denizes · participle present denizing · participle past denized · past denized
- obsoletetransitiveTo make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.
1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] John Wyat, […], →OCLC
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Origin
Back-formation from denizen.
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