Nationalize

['næʃnəlaɪz]

Definition

(verb.) put under state control or ownership; 'Mitterand nationalized the banks'.

(verb.) make national in character or scope; 'His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press'.

Editor: Stephen--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

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