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naturalizing, vbl. n.|ˈnætjʊərəlaɪzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. naturalize. a. In sense 1 of the vb. Also attrib.
1636Featly Clavis Myst. iv. 45 The naturalizing (if I may so speak) of the Gentiles into the spirituall Common⁓wealth. 1690Lond. Gaz. No. 2554/4 An Act for the Naturalizing of David le Grand, and others. 1753Scots Mag. Aug. 379/1, I am against this naturalizing bill. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 106/1 The wisdom of the law concerning the naturalizing of foreigners.
b. In sense 9 of the vb. Also attrib.
1840E. Forbes in Wilson & Geikie Life ix. (1861) 269 It would be the acme of naturalizing happiness. 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara xiii. 231 Naturalizing was a task of some little difficulty, the place being in so unsettled a condition.
So ˈnaturalizing ppl. a.
1854E. Forbes in Wilson & Geikie Life xv. (1861) 555 We shall turn out a fine set of naturalizing youths by and by. 1865Mozley Mirac. (ed. 2) Pref. 11 Here, then, are three naturalizing rationales of miracles. |