nationalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put under state control or ownership
    nationalise.
    • Mitterand nationalized the banks
  2. verb make national in character or scope
    nationalise.
    • His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press

WordNet

Na"tion*al*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. nationaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Nationalized ; present participle & verbal noun Nationalizing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913