Associations to the word «Nationalise»

Wiktionary

NATIONALISE, verb. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of nationalize.

Dictionary definition

NATIONALISE, verb. Make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press".
NATIONALISE, verb. Put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats