disnaturalize

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verb

To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

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Meanings

verbdisnaturalize (third-person singular simple present disnaturalizes, present participle disnaturalizing, simple past and past participle disnaturalized)

present singular third person disnaturalizes · participle present disnaturalizing · participle past disnaturalized · past disnaturalized

  1. transitiveTo make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

    [he][…]having served his prince well both in Afric and India, and being ill rewarded, renounced his country , disnaturalizing himself as the custom then was

    1704, John Locke, The Whole History of Navigation from Its Original to this Time

Origin

From dis- + naturalize.

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APA

disnaturalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disnaturalize

MLA

“disnaturalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disnaturalize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disnaturalize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disnaturalize.

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