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endenizen

endenizen verb: to bestow the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.

Verb

endenizen (third-person singular simple present endenizens, present participle endenizening, simple past and past participle endenizened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
    • For it is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter

Forms of endenizen

third-person singular presentendenizens
present participleendenizening
past participleendenizened
pastendenizened

Origin of endenizen

From en- + denizen.

Questions about endenizen

What does endenizen mean?
Endenizen means to bestow the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
What part of speech is endenizen?
Endenizen is a verb.
What is the past tense of endenizen?
The past tense of endenizen is endenizened.

Words near endenizen in the dictionary

  1. endemoepidemic
  2. endenization
  3. endenizations
  4. endenize
  5. endenized
  6. endenizen
  7. endenizened
  8. endenizening
  9. endenizens
  10. endenizes
  11. endenture

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