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- verb Present participle of
naturalise .
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Examples
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The U.S. government's calculated political process of "naturalising" people cannot make them Black Americans any more than they can "become" American Indian/Native American.
Current Affairs Marian 2009
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* Worse still, is global civil society a mechanism for legitimating extremes of wealth and poverty, for "naturalising" the continued existence of poverty?
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The zionists and the US plan to re-map the Middle East by 'naturalising' these state they believe disagree with their ideologies.
legitgov 2009
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* Worse still, is global civil society a mechanism for legitimating extremes of wealth and poverty, for "naturalising" the continued existence of poverty?
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"naturalising" explanations of poverty retain their appeal, is that poverty - in India and elsewhere - is not a natural or passive state that results from backwardness or lack of engagement with modernity and globalisation.
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I have a talk of naturalising religion and a half talk on whether or not evolution debunks religion.
Quote of the Day (John Wilkins) James F. McGrath 2009
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It is interesting to the etymologist for the important share it has taken in naturalising useful foreign words into our speech.
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English word for this proceeding; but Anglo-Oriental travellers are rapidly naturalising the “nakh.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Journal, I have given my reasons for naturalising this word.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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As no one, Egyptian or foreigner, would, if he could possibly help it, be subject to the Egyptian government, large sums might be raised by the simple process of naturalising strangers.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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