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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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]