tartarize

American

[tahr-tuh-rahyz] / ˈtɑr təˌraɪz /

especially British, tartarise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

tartarized, tartarizing

to impregnate, combine, or treat with tartar Tartar or potassium bitartrate.

tartarize British

/ ˈtɑːtəˌraɪz /

verb

(tr) to impregnate or treat with tartar or tartar emetic

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Other Word Forms

tartarization noun
untartarized adjective

Etymology

Origin of tartarize

First recorded in 1700–10; tartar + -ize

Example Sentences

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If the Muscovite Czars, who worked their encroachments by the agency principally of the Tartar Khans, were obliged to tartarize Muscovy, Peter the Great, who resolved upon working through the agency of the west, was obliged to civilize Russia.

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