naturalize
verb (used with object)
to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
had naturalized
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past perfectof naturalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Under questioning about his immigration status, Watson said he was a U.S. citizen through his father, who had naturalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2018
His garden at Penjerrick near Falmouth became noted for the number of exotic plants which he had naturalized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
The numberless metamorphoses of Grecian mythology, the incarnations of Brahm, the avatars of Vishnu, and the human form of Krishna had naturalized the thought.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
