Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nationalize \Na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Nationalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nationalizing}.] [Cf. F.
   nationaliser.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

nationalize
     v 1: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand
          nationalized the banks" [syn: {nationalise}] [ant: {denationalize},
           {denationalize}]
     2: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were
        nationalized by the press" [syn: {nationalise}]