Endenize

/ɛnˈdɛnaɪz/ verb

Definition

To make endemic or native to a particular region; to establish something so firmly in a region that it becomes endemic.

Etymology

Combines 'endemic' (Greek endemos) with the verb-forming suffix '-ize' (from Greek '-izein'). This creates a verb meaning 'to cause to become endemic' or 'to make native to a place.'

Kelly Says

Species can endenize through surprising ways—when humans accidentally introduce an organism to a new environment where it thrives, within centuries it may endenize completely, becoming as natural as species that evolved there for millennia.

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