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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.


nitrogenize British  
/ naɪˈtrɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of nitrogenize

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitrogen + -ize

Example Sentences

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To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

These are ferments, such as Bacillus amylobacter, or butyric ferment, and B. septicus, or ferment of the putrefaction of nitrogenized substances.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various

It saves them, too, the waste of those nitrogenized articles of food which require so much labor and forethought to procure.

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

The last group consists also of nitrogenized substances, which resemble gelatine in many of their characteristics.

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

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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