Nationalized

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

  nationalize \na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Nationalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nationalizing}.] [Cf. F.
     nationaliser.]
     1. 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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To change ownership of (a business, a property) from
        private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to
        nationalize the steel industry.
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