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& a. [Eng. natural; -ist.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. One versed or learned in natural science in its widest sense. 2. One versed or learned in natural history. "The rendering is of a naturalistic rather than of a prophetic character." - Athenœum , Feb. 18, 1882. IMG:content-1588.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Pertaining to the doctrines of naturalism (q. v.). "He was apt to resolve the whole work of Christ into a fulfillment of a merely naturalistic order."- Brit. Quar. Review, 1873, p. 86. *năt-u-ral-I-ty, *nat-u-ral-i-tie, s . [French natural ité , from Lat. naturalitatem , acc us. of natu ralitas , from natural is (q.v.).) The quality or state of being natural; nature. "The goddis by their natural i tie and power, close up the furies, and governe the steares." - Golden Boke , let. x. năt-u-ral-i-zā-tion, s . [Eng. natura liz ( e ); -ation.] nature 2. To receive or adopt as native or natural; as, to naturalize foreign words. 3. To make familiar or well-known. "Naturalizing to any degree authors, whose names only float amongst us." Observer , No. 2. 4. To accustom or habituate to a climate or country; to acclimatize. II. Law: Τo adopt into a nation or state; to confer the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject upon. B. Intransitive: 1. To become naturalized; to become like a native. 2. To explain phenomena by natural laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural. "We see how far the mind of an age is infected by this naturalizing tendency."-Bushner, (Ann andale.) năt-u-ral-ly, *nat-u-ral-lye, adv . [Eng. natu ral ; -ly .] 1. In a natural way; according to nature; by the powers or impulses of una isted nature; by nature, not by art or training. "Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance."-Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iv. 4. 2. Spontaneously; without art or artificial treat ment; as, A plant grows naturally in some places. 3 According to nature; in a natural way, without affectation or artificiality; according to life. IMG:content-1589.png:[blocks in formation] the state of being naturalized. II. Technically : 1. Law : The act of placing an alien in the post tion, or investing him with the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject. The naturalization laws of this country are wholly the fabric of the Federal government, while the privileges attendant, so far as regards suffrage, ., are left to the discretion and gift of the various state legislatures. For a foreigner to become a citizen of the United States it is nece ary for him, first, to declare his bona fide intention to become a citizen, and the declaration must be made at least two years before 'final papers" are taken out. It must be made before a United States circuit or district court, or (in a territory) before the supreme court or a district court, or (in a state) before a court having a common law jurisdiction and a clerk and seal. At the time of admi ion to citizenship, the applicant must have been, at least five years previously, a resident of the United States, and must produce evidence that he is a fit subject upon whom to confer the rights of citizenship, and must, further, renounce allegiance to all foreign princes and governments-particularly to the one to which he was last subject. After admi ion he is, in all respects, a citizen of the United States and entitled, in every regard, to the same protection that the native-born citizen is. In the case of children of a foreigner, who, at the time of their father's naturalization, were not of legal age, the act of the father is considered as conferring citizenship upon them, and further proce is unnece ary. Any alien of twenty-one or over, of good moral character, who has served in the United States army, and resided, in the country for one year previous to application, is entitled to full citizenship upon production of evidence establishing these facts. Chinamen cannot be naturalized. The children of citizens of this country, if born abroad, are American citizens, and entitled to protection as such. Upon the naturalization of any foreigner, if he hold any title of aristocracy, such title must be renounced. In some of the states a foreigner who has declared his intention to become a citizen is permitted to vote, while in others none but full 177 fledged citizens are admitted to that privilege. 2. Biol.: The introduction of plants through human agency into new lands or regions. They are of a diversified nature. In Dr. Asa Gray's Manual of the United States , 260 naturalized plants are enumerated belonging to 162 genera. The sturdy plants of Europe introduced into New Zealand cause the native plants to die out, as the Maori vanishes before the colonizing European. (Darwin: Origin of Species (ed. 6th), pp. 89, 163.) năt-u-ral-ize, v. t. & i. [Eng.natural; -ize; Fr. natural i ser.] IMG:content-1590.png:[blocks in formation] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this;