Nationalize

3 definitions found

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.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nationalize
       v 1: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand
            nationalized the banks" [syn: {nationalise}] [ant: {denationalize},
             {denationalize}]
       2: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were
          nationalized by the press" [syn: {nationalise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "nationalize":
     annex, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize,
     confiscate, democratize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound,
     impress, levy, politicize, press, replevin, replevy, republicanize,
     sequester, sequestrate, socialize