denize

Back-formation from denizen.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈnaɪz/

denize (third-person singular simple present denizes, present participle denizing, simple past and past participle denized)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
   • 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: John Wyat, →OCLC:

     There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.

• denize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

denize

1. dative singular of deniz