Definition of "nationalize"

nationalize

/ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/

verb
third-person singular simple present nationalizes, present participle nationalizing, simple past and past participle nationalized
1. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
  Quotations
  Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]
  1910, History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, page 316
2. To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
3. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
4. (politics) To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
  Quotations
  2018, Daniel J. Hopkins, The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized, The University of Chicago Press
5. (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.