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disnaturalizing

disnaturalizing is the present participle and gerund of disnaturalize.

Meaning of disnaturalize

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

Questions about disnaturalizing

What is disnaturalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Disnaturalizing is the present participle and gerund of disnaturalize.

Words near disnaturalizing in the dictionary

  1. disnaturalising
  2. disnaturalization
  3. disnaturalize
  4. disnaturalized
  5. disnaturalizes
  6. disnaturalizing
  7. disnature
  8. disnatured
  9. disnatures
  10. disnaturing
  11. disnest

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