naturalise

See also: naturalisé

English

Etymology

From Middle French naturaliser. By surface analysis, natural +‎ -ise.

Verb

naturalise (third-person singular simple present naturalises, present participle naturalising, simple past and past participle naturalised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of naturalize.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 181:

     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.

Anagrams

• australine, laurestina

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: naturalisent, naturalises

Verb

naturalise

1. inflection of naturaliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative