renationalise

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A form of renationalize — To nationalize again, after a previous privatization.

OriginEnglish nationalise ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrenationalise (third-person singular simple present renationalises, present participle renationalising, simple past and past participle renationalised)

present singular third person renationalises · participle present renationalising · participle past renationalised · past renationalised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of renationalize.
    1 more example

    An incoming Labour government could quite easily renationalise the railways without falling foul of EU rules. The accounting separation would have to remain, but essentially most of the major European nations have railways where both infrastructure and most of the operations are state-owned. It's just convenient to blame the EU.

    2019 October 23, Christian Wolmar, “It's not the EU's fault that privatisation has broken down”, in Rail, page 49

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishnationalise
  7. Englishrenationalise

From re- + nationalise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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