ASE

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Words nearby ASE

Asculum, ascus, ASD, ASDE, asdic, ASE, asea, ASEAN, aseismic, aseity, asemia

Other definitions for ASE (2 of 2)

-ase

a suffix used in the names of enzymes: oxidase.

Origin of -ase

Extracted from diastase

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How to use ASE in a sentence

Ancre e haue ahte unche bet husewif ase Marthe wes ne lihtliche ne mei ha nawt beo Marie marthe suster wi grifullnesse of heorte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Ich habbe eruore sar care for ich iseo sei warschipe hu e 150 unwhiht wi his ferd ase liun iburst.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
As so 270 solle hi habbe o blisce of heuene; ase o et ferst comen into e winyyarde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Si gode 45 beleaue licht and is bricht ine o herte of o gode Manne ase gold.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various

Why, Ase, you've been a candidate every two years since Noah got the ark off the ways, or along there.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for ASE

-ase

suffix forming nouns

indicating an enzymeoxidase

Word Origin for -ase

abstracted from diastase

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Scientific definitions for ASE

-ase

A suffix used to form the names of enzymes. It is often added to the name of the compound that the enzyme breaks down, as in lactase, which breaks down lactose. It is also added to a word describing the enzyme's activity, as in transferase, which catalyzes the transfer of a chemical group from one molecule to another, or reductase, which catalyzes the reduction of an organic compound.