denaturalize
[di:'nætʃәrәlaiz]
vt. 使非自, 使改性, 使质, 消(籍)籍



denaturalize
[ verb ]

1. make less natural or unnatural

<verb.change> denaturalise

2. strip of the rights and duties of citizenship

<verb.change> denaturalise
The former Nazi was denaturalized

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.

2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive
of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]

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.

3. same as {denature}.
[PJC]