denization

[Eng. deniz (en); -ation.] The making any one a denizen, citizen, or subject. "That the mere Irish were reputed aliens appears by the charters of denization , which in all ages were purchased by them."- Davies : On the State of Ireland. *děn-ize', *den-nize, v . t . [DENIZEN, 8.] 1. To make a denizen, citizen, or subject; to denizen. "There was a private act for denizing the children of Richard Hills."- Strype : Edward IV ., an. 1552. 2. To naturalize. "The Irish language was free dennized in the English pale."-Holinshed: Descr. Ireland, ch. i. děn-I-zen, 8. [Derived by Wedgwood, with whom Skeat agrees, from O. Fr. deinzein , a word formed by adding the suff. -ein Lat. -anus , to O. Fr. deinz =Fr. dans within, from within.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit.: A citizen, an inhabitant. “.. the world's tired denizen ." Byron: Childe Harold, ii. 26. denominational *děn-ning, 8. [DEN (1), v .] A place where beasts make their lair. "This serpent hath no nestling, no stabling, no denwing."-Ward: Sermons, p. 158.