denize
verb/dɪˈnaɪz/
Etymology Back-formation from denizen.
1
Obsolete To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
- There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.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: