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
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