hybridize

American

[hahy-bri-dahyz] / ˈhaɪ brɪˌdaɪz /

especially British, hybridise

verb (used with object)

hybridized, hybridizing

to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
to breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).
to form in a hybrid manner.

verb (used without object)

hybridized, hybridizing

to produce hybrids.
to cause the production of hybrids by crossing.
to form a double-stranded nucleic acid of two single strands of DNA or RNA, or one of each, by allowing the base pairs of the separate strands to form complementary bonds.
to fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.

hybridize British

/ ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz /

verb

to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed

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Other Word Forms

hybridist noun
hybridizable adjective
hybridization noun
hybridizer noun
interhybridize verb (used without object)

Etymology

Origin of hybridize

First recorded in 1835–45; hybrid + -ize

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