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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Denize

/(dē̇*nīz")/ · De·nize · IPA /dɪˈnaɪz/
01 v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.
  1. 1.
    To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize.[Obs.]
    “There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills.” — Strype.