Meaning of nostrify | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To nostrificate; to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university.
2. To adopt, accept, or include as part of one's own culture.

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Examples

“The status of academic school is conferred on any institution by a special law, and only academic schools are authorized to confer degrees and nostrify degrees granted Polish citizens abroad.”

“He wanted to lecture on medicine and for that reason planned to nostrify his Paduan doctorate.”

“(We 'nostrify' a certain opinion, accept it etc.) This means that the identity of the subject becomes enlarged.”

“New Orleans palates nostrify incoming cuisines thanks to a pervasive eating will bred into generations of enthusiastic eaters.”

“Paul shows the Christian believers their place in the divine faith-righteousness, but does not "nostrify" Abraham in Christian terms.”

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