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adamantized

adamantized is the simple past and past participle of adamantize.

Meaning of adamantize

Verb

adamantize (third-person singular simple present adamantizes, present participle adamantizing, simple past and past participle adamantized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To render (something) adamant; to harden; to strengthen.
    • I have known such things begun over the loan of a hymn-book, drawn closer by an exchange of cards, cemented by a morning call, adamantized by a walk, and transformed into a regular life-and-death affair by a proper number of cups of tea. It seems to me an interesting weakness.1853 June 18, Eliza Cook, “Making Acquaintances”, in Eliza Cook's Journal, number 216, page 114, column 2

Questions about adamantized

What is adamantized the simple past and past participle of?
Adamantized is the simple past and past participle of adamantize.

Words near adamantized in the dictionary

  1. adamantinomatous
  2. adamantite
  3. adamantium
  4. adamantive
  5. adamantize
  6. adamantized
  7. adamantizes
  8. adamantizing
  9. adamantly
  10. adamantoblast
  11. adamantoblasts

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