nationalize: Meaning and Definition of

na•tion•al•ize

1. to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
2. to make into a nation.
3. to naturalize.
4. to make national in extent or scope: a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.

1. to become nationalized or naturalized: Those who remain in the country must nationalize.