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disnaturalize

disnaturalize verb: to make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

Verb

disnaturalize (third-person singular simple present disnaturalizes, present participle disnaturalizing, simple past and past participle disnaturalized)

  1. (transitive) To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.
    • [he][…]having served his prince well both in Afric and India, and being ill rewarded, renounced his country , disnaturalizing himself as the custom then was1704, John Locke, The Whole History of Navigation from Its Original to this Time

Forms of disnaturalize

third-person singular presentdisnaturalizes
present participledisnaturalizing
past participledisnaturalized
pastdisnaturalized

Origin of disnaturalize

From dis- + naturalize.

Questions about disnaturalize

What does disnaturalize mean?
Disnaturalize means to make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.
What part of speech is disnaturalize?
Disnaturalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of disnaturalize?
The past tense of disnaturalize is disnaturalized.

Words near disnaturalize in the dictionary

  1. disnaturalise
  2. disnaturalised
  3. disnaturalises
  4. disnaturalising
  5. disnaturalization
  6. disnaturalize
  7. disnaturalized
  8. disnaturalizes
  9. disnaturalizing
  10. disnature
  11. disnatured

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