metallize

American

[met-l-ahyz] / ˈmɛt lˌaɪz /

especially British, metallise

verb (used with object)

metallized, metallizing

metalize.

metallize British

/ ˈmɛtəˌlaɪz /

verb

(tr) to make metallic or to coat or treat with metal

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Other Word Forms

metallization noun

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"Didn't they call me crazy," he asks an acquaintance, "because I said they should set up shops to dry-clean and dye dogs and metallize shirt cuffs?"

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"Yet he has spelled chappelling, bordeller, medallist, metalline, metallist, metallize, clavellated, &c. with ll, contrary to his rule."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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