Found 2 items, similar to nationalize.
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: nationalize 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]