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citizenizing

citizenizing is the present participle and gerund of citizenize.

Meaning of citizenize

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...

Questions about citizenizing

What is citizenizing the present participle and gerund of?
Citizenizing is the present participle and gerund of citizenize.

Words near citizenizing in the dictionary

  1. citizenization
  2. citizenizations
  3. citizenize
  4. citizenized
  5. citizenizes
  6. citizenizing
  7. citizenlike
  8. citizenliness
  9. citizenly
  10. citizenries
  11. citizenry

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