nitrogenize

American  

[nahy-troj-uh-nahyz, nahy-truh-juh-] / naɪˈtrɒdʒ əˌnaɪz, ˈnaɪ trə dʒə- /

especially British, nitrogenise

verb (used with object)

nitrogenized, nitrogenizing

1. to combine with nitrogen or add nitrogenous material to.

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nitrogenize British  

/ naɪˈtrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to combine or treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

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Other Word Forms

• nitrogenation noun
• nitrogenization noun
• nonnitrogenized adjective
• unnitrogenized adjective

Etymology

Origin of nitrogenize

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitrogen + -ize

Example Sentences

To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

From Project Gutenberg

It is supposed by physiologists, that the exercise in gathering their food, rather than any peculiarity in its character, is necessary to convert the nitrogenized tissues into the nitrogenized principle of caseum or cheese.

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These substances are derived from the disintegration of nitrogenized food taken in excess of demand, and from the breaking down of the human tissues.

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Prof. Mapes has more recently invented a new fertilizer called nitrogenized super-phosphate of lime, composed of the improved super-phosphate of lime and blood, dried and ground before mixture, in equal proportions.

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The following is a digest: There are two classes of beverages: 1, alcoholic, and 2, nitrogenized.

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