naturalizing

transitive verb naturalized, naturalizing

1. to confer the rights of citizenship upon (an alien)
2. to adopt and make common (a custom, word, etc.) from another country or place
3. to adapt (a plant or animal) to a new environment; acclimate
4. to explain (occurrences) by natural law, rejecting supernatural influence
5. to make natural or less artificial; free from conventionality

Origin: Fr naturaliser: see natural & -ize

intransitive verb

1. to become naturalized, or as if native
2. to study nature