Meaning of NATIONALIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'nashunu`lIz
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- [v] put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"
- [v] make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"
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| | Synonyms: | | nationalise |
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| | Antonyms: | | denationalise, denationalize | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, change, communise, communize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Nationalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nationalizing}.] [Cf. F.
nationaliser.]
To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the
character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments
and attachment of citizens of a nation.
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| | Related Terms: | | annex, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, democratize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, politicize, press, replevin, replevy, republicanize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize |
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