tartarize

especially British, tar·tar·ise

[tahr-tuh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

tartarized, tartarizing 

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

tartarize

/ ˈtɑːtəˌraɪz /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• tartarization noun
• untartarized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tartarize¹

First recorded in 1700–10; tartar + -ize

Example Sentences

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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