DENIZENS
Noun
denizens
plural of denizen
Verb
denizens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denizen
Anagrams
• endizens
Source: Wiktionary
DENIZEN
Den"i*zen, n. Etym: [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]
1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.
2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.
Den"i*zen, v. t.
1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.
2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.
DENIZEN
Den"i*zen, n. Etym: [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]
1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.
2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country. Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.
Den"i*zen, v. t.
1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges. As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.
2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants. There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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