azotize

American  

[az-uh-tahyz, ay-zuh-] / ˈæz əˌtaɪz, ˈeɪ zə- /

verb (used with object)

azotized, azotizing

1. to nitrogenize.

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azotize British  

/ ˈeɪzəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. a less common word for nitrogenize

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Etymology

Origin of azotize

First recorded in 1795–1805; azote + -ize

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Example Sentences

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azotized

As already mentioned, different articles of food have been divided into the azotized and non-azotized, or those which contain nitrogen as one of their constituents, and those which are nearly destitute of it.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

To give an instance:—In polar climates the human frame, to maintain its animal heat, requires, for combustion in the capillary system, an abundant supply of highly azotized food, such as train-oil.

From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe

Though many azotized substances in a state of decomposition exert a similar agency, yet it is possessed by ptyalin in a much greater degree.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

Yet the southern wheat is superior to the northern varieties, and is richer in the azotized, glutinous principles so essential to the formation of blood and muscle.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin

The first two groups are called non-azotized, as they contain no nitrogen; the last two, azotized, containing nitrogen.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

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