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denize

/dɪˈnaɪz/

denize verb: to make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.

Verb

denize (third-person singular simple present denizes, present participle denizing, simple past and past participle denized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
    • There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen...

denize meaning in Tamil and Bengali

denize in Tamil

குடியுரிமை பெற்றவர்

denize in Bengali

অধিবাসী করা, নাগরিকত্বের অধিকার প্রদান করা, স্বদেশী করা

Forms of denize

third-person singular presentdenizes
present participledenizing
past participledenized
pastdenized

Origin of denize

Back-formation from denizen.

Questions about denize

What does denize mean?
Denize means to make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
What is denize in Tamil?
Denize in Tamil is குடியுரிமை பெற்றவர். See Denize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is denize?
Denize is a verb.
How do you pronounce denize?
Denize is pronounced /dɪˈnaɪz/.
What is the past tense of denize?
The past tense of denize is denized.

Words near denize in the dictionary

  1. denivelation
  2. denivelations
  3. Deniz
  4. denization
  5. denizations
  6. denize
  7. denized
  8. denizen
  9. denizenation
  10. denizenations
  11. denizened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: denize (page history and authors); denize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); denize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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