Dictionary entry

Nationalize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Na″tion‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nationalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nationalizing (?).] [Cf. F. nationaliser.] 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.