Found 2 items, similar to Nationalizing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nationalize
nationalize
v 1: put under state control or ownership;
“Mitterand
nationalized the banks” [syn:
nationalise] [ant:
denationalize,
denationalize]
2: make national in character or scope;
“His heroic deeds were
nationalized by the press” [syn:
nationalise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nationalizing
nationalize
\na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Nationalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nationalizing.] [Cf. F.
nationaliser.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To change ownership of (a business, a property) from
private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to
nationalize the steel industry.
[PJC]