NATURALIZE

• (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

  "domesticate oats", "tame the soil"

  synonyms : cultivate , domesticate , naturalise , tame

• (verb) make into a citizen

  "The French family was naturalized last year"

  synonyms : naturalise

• (verb) make more natural or lifelike

  synonyms : naturalise

• (verb) adopt to another place

  "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"

  synonyms : naturalise

• (verb) explain with reference to nature

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