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agatize

agatize verb: to convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.

Verb

agatize (third-person singular simple present agatizes, present participle agatizing, simple past and past participle agatized)

  1. (transitive) To convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
    • polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods from Arizona1887 October, Popular Science, volume 31, number 46, page 859

Forms of agatize

third-person singular presentagatizes
present participleagatizing
past participleagatized
pastagatized

Origin of agatize

From agate + -ize.

Questions about agatize

What does agatize mean?
Agatize means to convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
What part of speech is agatize?
Agatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of agatize?
The past tense of agatize is agatized.

Words near agatize in the dictionary

  1. agatiferous
  2. agatiform
  3. agatine
  4. agatization
  5. agatizations
  6. agatize
  7. agatized
  8. agatizes
  9. agatizing
  10. agatolimod
  11. agatoxin

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