citizenize

Etymology

From citizen + -ize.

citizenize means to make (or become) a citizen of. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To make (or become) a citizen of.“[Solicitor general John D.] Sauer claims that the [fourteenth] amendment [to the United States constitution] does not in general citizenize American-born children of illegal aliens or of temporary visitors. […] By contrast, in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s, countless notable figures who were linked to the enactment of the 1952 statute read Wong Kim Ark as confirming that the 14th Amendment cit”