azotize

American  

[az-uh-tahyz, ey-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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

azotized

It contains 66.1 per cent of starch, and only 2.9 of azotized matter.

From Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures by Various

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

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

The one was created by nature to consume animal substances highly azotized; the other, from the transition of life to which he is born to be exposed, is essentially polyphagous.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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