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nativize

nativize verb: to make native; to incorporate into native culture.

Verb

nativize (third-person singular simple present nativizes, present participle nativizing, simple past and past participle nativized)

  1. (transitive) To make native; to incorporate into native culture.
    • India has nativized the English language.

Forms of nativize

third-person singular presentnativizes
present participlenativizing
past participlenativized
pastnativized
alternative formnativise

Origin of nativize

From native + -ize.

Questions about nativize

What does nativize mean?
Nativize means to make native; to incorporate into native culture.
What part of speech is nativize?
Nativize is a verb.
What is the past tense of nativize?
The past tense of nativize is nativized.

Words near nativize in the dictionary

  1. nativity play
  2. nativity plays
  3. nativity scene
  4. nativity scenes
  5. nativization
  6. nativize
  7. nativized
  8. nativizes
  9. nativizing
  10. natl.
  11. natla

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