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

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Etymology

Origin of nitrogenize

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitrogen + -ize

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

nitrogenize nitrogenized

To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

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.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

In the first series of experiments, the daily allowance of food, though less copious on the tea days, was more nitrogenized, and nitrogen also was taken in as theine.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

The food of man consists of nitrogenized and non nitrogenized substances.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

It is a nitrogenized matter which seems to belong to the group of alkaloids; is uncrystallizable, finely granular, and brown in mass.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

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