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NITROGENIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they nitrogenize ... he / she / it nitrogenizes
Past simple: nitrogenized
Past participle: nitrogenized
-ing form: nitrogenizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
Synonyms:
nitrify; nitrogenise; nitrogenize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "nitrogenize" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
nitrogen (a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues)
