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

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

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

It is a complex affection directly connected with a plethora in the blood of nitrogenized constituents, with extreme nervous and muscular disorder and the excretion of a dense reddish or brownish urine.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

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

In children, in whom there is a rapid disintegration of nitrogenized tissues, a uric acid calculus in escaping from the bladder may block the urethra and give rise to sudden retention of urine.

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

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