endenizen

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ denizen.

Verb

endenizen (third-person singular simple present endenizens, present participle endenizening, simple past and past participle endenizened)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter‎^[1]:

     For it is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere

References

• “endenizen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.