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BACTERIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bacterize ... he / she / it bacterizes
Past simple: bacterized
Past participle: bacterized
-ing form: bacterizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to the action of bacteria
Synonyms:
bacterise; bacterize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
