nitrogenize

especially British, ni·trog·en·ise

[nahy-troj-uh-nahyz, nahy-truh-juh-]

verb (used with object)

nitrogenized, nitrogenizing 

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

nitrogenize

/ naɪˈtrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nitrogenize¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitrogen + -ize

Example Sentences

To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

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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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