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acidise

acidise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acidize.

Meaning of acidize

Verb

acidize (third-person singular simple present acidizes, present participle acidizing, simple past and past participle acidized)

  1. To impregnate with acid; acidify.
  2. (oil industry) To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.

Forms of acidise

third-person singular presentacidises
present participleacidising
past participleacidised
pastacidised

Origin of acidise

From acid + -ise.

Questions about acidise

What is acidise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Acidise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of acidize.

Words near acidise in the dictionary

  1. acidimetrical
  2. acidimetrically
  3. acidimetries
  4. acidimetry
  5. acidiphilic
  6. acidise
  7. acidised
  8. acidising
  9. acidities
  10. acidity
  11. acidity function

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