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nitrogenize

[ nahy-troj-uh-nahyz, nahy-truh-juh- ]

verb (used with object)

, ni·trog·en·ized, ni·trog·en·iz·ing.
  1. to combine with nitrogen or add nitrogenous material to.


nitrogenize

/ naɪˈtrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. to combine or treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • niˌtrogeniˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • ni·trogen·i·zation nitro·ge·nation noun
  • non·nitro·gen·ized adjective
  • unni·trogen·ized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nitrogenize1

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitrogen + -ize
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Example Sentences

To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

It is supposed by physiologists, that the exercise in gathering their food, rather than any peculiarity in its character, is necessary to convert the nitrogenized tissues into the nitrogenized principle of caseum or cheese.

These substances are derived from the disintegration of nitrogenized food taken in excess of demand, and from the breaking down of the human tissues.

Prof. Mapes has more recently invented a new fertilizer called nitrogenized super-phosphate of lime, composed of the improved super-phosphate of lime and blood, dried and ground before mixture, in equal proportions.

The following is a digest: There are two classes of beverages: 1, alcoholic, and 2, nitrogenized.

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