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na⋅tion⋅al⋅ize

  [nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use nationalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
2. to make into a nation.
3. to naturalize.
4. to make national in extent or scope: a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become nationalized or naturalized: Those who remain in the country must nationalize.
Also, especially British, na⋅tion⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1790–1800; national + -ize

Related forms:
na⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
na⋅tion⋅al⋅iz⋅er, noun
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na·tion·al·ize   (nāsh'ə-nə-līz', nāsh'nə-)   
tr.v.   na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing, na·tion·al·iz·es

  1. To convert from private to governmental ownership and control: nationalize the steel industry.

    1. To make national in character, scope, or notoriety: "His high profile on such issues as abortion . . . has already begun to nationalize his image" (Kenneth L. Woodward).

    2. To render distinctively national: characteristics and issues that have tended to nationalize American political life.

na'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n., na'tion·al·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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