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denaturalizing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denaturalized}; p. pr & vb n. {Denaturalizing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]naturaliser.] 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.
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