DENATIONALIZED

Verb

denationalized

simple past tense and past participle of denationalize

Source: Wiktionary


DENATIONALIZE

De*na"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénationaliser.]

Definition: To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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