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citizenize

citizenize verb: to make (or become) a citizen of.

Verb

citizenize (third-person singular simple present citizenizes, present participle citizenizing, simple past and past participle citizenized)

  1. To make (or become) a citizen of.
    • [Solicitor general John D.] Sauer claims that the [fourteenth] amendment [to the United States constitution] does not in general citizenize American-born children of illegal aliens or of temporary visitors. […] By contrast, in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s, countless notable figures who were...2026 March 19, Akhil Amar, Vikram Amar, Jason Mazzone, “Birthright citizenship: why the text, history, and structure of a landmark 1952 statute doom Trump’s executive order”, in SCOTUSblog, archived...

Forms of citizenize

third-person singular presentcitizenizes
present participlecitizenizing
past participlecitizenized
pastcitizenized

Origin of citizenize

From citizen + -ize.

Questions about citizenize

What does citizenize mean?
Citizenize means to make (or become) a citizen of.
What part of speech is citizenize?
Citizenize is a verb.
What is the past tense of citizenize?
The past tense of citizenize is citizenized.

Words near citizenize in the dictionary

  1. citizenism
  2. citizenist
  3. citizenists
  4. citizenization
  5. citizenizations
  6. citizenize
  7. citizenized
  8. citizenizes
  9. citizenizing
  10. citizenlike
  11. citizenliness

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