-lyse

¹

Chiefly British.

1. variant of -lyze.

lyse

²

[lahys]

verb (used with object)

lysed, lysing 

1. to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.

verb (used without object)

lysed, lysing 

1. to undergo lysis.

lyse

/ laɪz, laɪs /

verb

1. to undergo or cause to undergo lysis

Word History and Origins

Origin of -lyse¹

1925–30; back formation from lysin or lysis

Example Sentences

It was “an iridescent bubble floating above the city’s cares,” writes Lyse Doucet in “The Finest Hotel in Kabul.”

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Netanyahu is being "intentionally vague" over who the Arab forces he names may be, according to the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, as he has been in the past with his plans for Gaza.

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Lyse Doucet is being allowed to report from Iran on the condition that none of her reports are used by the BBC's Persian service.

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Lyse Doucet is being allowed to report in Iran on condition that none of her reports are used on the BBC's Persian service.

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Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet is joined by a panel of guests to discuss whether the new international order emerging will make the world a safer place.

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