DENATURALIZE

denaturalize, denaturalise

(verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; “The former Nazi was denaturalized”

denaturalize, denaturalise

(verb) make less natural or unnatural

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

denaturalize (third-person singular simple present denaturalizes, present participle denaturalizing, simple past and past participle denaturalized)

To revoke or deny the citizenship of.

To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature.

Source: Wiktionary

De*nat"u*ral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénaturaliser.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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