phosphatize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to treat with phosphates.
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to change to phosphate.
verb
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(tr) to treat with a phosphate or phosphates, as by applying a fertilizer
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to change or be changed into a phosphate
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It is also remarkable for the phosphatic nodules, and for the numerous casts of Ammonites, Turrilites, and other fossils mostly phosphatized, which it contains.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil
In the Cambrian limestones, as in their more 87 recent analogues, layers and nodules of chert and phosphatized material are not wanting.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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