To make someone a citizen; to grant citizenship to a person or to invest someone with the rights and status of a citizen.
From 'citizen' plus '-ize' (from Greek -izein); similar structure to 'legalize' or 'normalize,' indicating a process of becoming or being made into something.
This verb captures one of history's most important acts—the legal transformation of a person's status from outsider to member—and it's been crucial in immigration and naturalization processes worldwide.
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