Meanings
present singular third person naturalises · participle present naturalising · participle past naturalised · past naturalised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of naturalize.
In Madame de Mercœur they were naturalised by a total deficiency of imagination. She was kind, good, and even penetrating, when enlightened by the affections; but head is required for the very highest qualities of the heart, and those were beyond Madame de Mercœur.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 181
Synonyms & antonyms
verbadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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Origin
- Middle Frenchnaturaliser
- Englishnaturalise
From Middle French naturaliser. By surface analysis, natural + -ise.
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naturalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naturalise
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