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• lyse
  lyse

  verb (used with object)

  to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
• -lyse
  -lyse

  variant of -lyze.

lyse

¹ American  

[lahys] / laɪs /

verb (used with object)

lysed, lysing

1. to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.

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verb (used without object)

lysed, lysing

1. to undergo lysis.

-lyse ² American  

Chiefly British.

1. variant of -lyze.

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lyse British  

/ laɪz, laɪs /

verb

1. to undergo or cause to undergo lysis

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Etymology

Origin of lyse

1925–30; back formation from lysin or lysis

Example Sentences

Make whatever pattern you like, but yse plenty of colorful dots.

From National Geographic Kids • Sep. 5, 2017

When all the houses are lade with snowe and yse, O madmen amased, unstable, and witless!

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)

For zif the snow ne were, men myght not gon upon the yse, ne hors ne carre nouther.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Again: In a spelling-book before me I see lists of words ending in ise, ize, and yse, all mixed together with no distinction.

From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin

And than most thei let carye here vitaylle upon the yse, with carres that have no wheeles, that thei clepen scleyes.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard