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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