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Den"i*zen (dĕn"ĭ*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.
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Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.
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Ye gods,
Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.
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Den"i*zen, v. t. 1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.
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As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.
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2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
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There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.
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