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agatizing

agatizing is the present participle and gerund of agatize.

Meaning of agatize

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

Questions about agatizing

What is agatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Agatizing is the present participle and gerund of agatize.

Words near agatizing in the dictionary

  1. agatization
  2. agatizations
  3. agatize
  4. agatized
  5. agatizes
  6. agatizing
  7. agatolimod
  8. agatoxin
  9. agatoxins
  10. Agatsuma
  11. agaty

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