Associations to the word «Nationalize»

Wiktionary

NATIONALIZE, verb. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
NATIONALIZE, verb. To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
NATIONALIZE, verb. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
NATIONALIZE, verb. (archaic) 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.

Dictionary definition

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

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