denizing

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...