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  • 51assimilate — index adopt, comprehend (understand), conceive (comprehend), conform, construe (comprehend) …

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  • 52Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …

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  • 53naturalization — (n.) 1570s, from M.Fr. naturalisation, from naturaliser (see NATURALIZE (Cf. naturalize)) …

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  • 54nationalize — nationalize, naturalize These two words are close enough in form and meaning to cause occasional confusion. Nationalize means ‘to take (an industry etc.) into state ownership’, whereas naturalize means ‘to admit (a foreign person) into… …

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  • 55denaturalise — verb 1. make less natural or unnatural • Syn: ↑denaturalize • Ant: ↑naturalize (for: ↑denaturalize) • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑ …

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  • 56Artilize — Art i*lize, v. t. To make resemble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize art instead of artilizing nature. Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 57Denize — De*nize (d[ e]*n[imac]z ), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills. Strype. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 58Endenizen — En*den i*zen, v. t. [Pref. en + denizen. Cf. {Indenizen}.] To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 59Enfranchise — En*fran chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To endow with a… …

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  • 60Enfranchised — Enfranchise En*fran chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To endow… …

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