Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denaturalize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Denaturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F.
d['e]naturaliser.]
1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive
of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of
denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of
publicly renouncing their allegiance to their
sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his
enemy. --Prescott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
denaturalize
v 1: make less natural or unnatural [syn: {denaturalise}] [ant: {naturalize}]
2: strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former
Nazi was denaturalized" [syn: {denaturalise}] [ant: {naturalize}]
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