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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

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 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 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 Michener, Charles B.

The urinary organs constitute the main channel through which are excreted the nitrogenous or albuminoid principles, whether derived directly from the feed or from the muscular and other nitrogenized tissues of the body.

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

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 Alger, William Rounseville

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