denaturalize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: denaturalize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for denaturalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denaturalize v make less natural or unnatural [syn: denaturalize, denaturalise] Antonym(s): naturalise, naturalize strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized" Synonym(s): denaturalize, denaturalise Antonym(s): naturalise, naturalize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denaturalize \Denat"ural*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denaturalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F. d[82]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.