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BACTERIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacterize mean? 

BACTERIZE (verb)
  The verb BACTERIZE has 1 sense:

1. subject to the action of bacteriaplay

  Familiarity information: BACTERIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACTERIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they bacterize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bacterizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: bacterized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: bacterized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: bacterizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to the action of bacteria

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bacterise; bacterize

Hypernyms (to "bacterize" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)


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