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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive
        of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
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              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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     3. same as {denature}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  denaturalize
       v 1: make less natural or unnatural [syn: {denaturalise}] [ant: {naturalize}]
       2: strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former
          Nazi was denaturalized" [syn: {denaturalise}] [ant: {naturalize}]

















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