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nicotinize

American  
[nik-uh-tee-nahyz, nik-uh-tee-nahyz] / ˈnɪk ə tiˌnaɪz, ˌnɪk əˈti naɪz /
especially British, nicotinise

verb (used with object)

nicotinized, nicotinizing

  1. to drug or impregnate with nicotine.

Other Word Forms

  • denicotinize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of nicotinize

First recorded in 1860–65; nicotine + -ize

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