dena

v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Denarii [ L. See 2d Denier. ] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. denarius. See 2d Denier. ] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number ten; a division into ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as denationalization.
Syn. -- privatization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. dénationalisation. ] The act or process of denationalizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denationalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénationaliser. ] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. [ 1913 Webster ]

An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn. -- privatize, denationalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denaturalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénaturaliser. ] 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as denature. [ PJC ]