Den"i*zen , v. t. 1. To
constitute (one) a denizen; to
admit to residence, with certain rights and
privileges.
As soon as denizened, they domineer.
Dryden. 2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.
J. D. Hooker.
Den"i*zen (d&ebreve;n"&ibreve;*z'n),
n. [OF.
denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a
city or country); opposed to
forain foreign, and
fr. denz within, F.
dans, fr. L. de intus,
prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]
1. A dweller; an
inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope.
Denizens of their own
free, independent state.
Sir W. Scott. 2. One who is admitted by favor to all
or a part of the rights of
citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.
3. One admitted to residence in a foreign
country.
Ye gods,
Natives, or
denizens, of blest
abodes.
Dryden.
Hear it pronounced