bacterize

American

[bak-tuh-rahyz] / ˈbæk təˌraɪz /

especially British, bacterise

verb (used with object)

bacterized, bacterizing

to change in composition by means of bacteria.

Other Word Forms

bacterization

noun

Etymology

Origin of bacterize

First recorded in 1910–15; bacter- ( def. ) + -ize

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bacterized

For example, bacterized peat seems to contain auximones which may be isolated from the peat and exert a beneficial effect upon the growth of various seed-plants, including common farm crops.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

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