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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne