naturalize

verb

1. 1

   adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   domesticate oats

   tame the soil

2. 2

   make into a citizen

   The French family was naturalized last year

3. 3

   make more natural or lifelike

4. 4

   adopt to another place

   The stories had become naturalized into an American setting

5. 5

   explain with reference to nature