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autocatalyze

autocatalyze verb: to cause or to undergo autocatalysis.

Verb

autocatalyze (third-person singular simple present autocatalyzes, present participle autocatalyzing, simple past and past participle autocatalyzed)

  1. To cause or to undergo autocatalysis.

Forms of autocatalyze

third-person singular presentautocatalyzes
present participleautocatalyzing
past participleautocatalyzed
pastautocatalyzed

Origin of autocatalyze

From auto- + catalyze.

Questions about autocatalyze

What does autocatalyze mean?
Autocatalyze means to cause or to undergo autocatalysis.
What part of speech is autocatalyze?
Autocatalyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of autocatalyze?
The past tense of autocatalyze is autocatalyzed.

Words near autocatalyze in the dictionary

  1. autocatalyst
  2. autocatalysts
  3. autocatalytic
  4. autocatalytical
  5. autocatalytically
  6. autocatalyze
  7. autocatalyzed
  8. autocatalyzes
  9. autocatalyzing
  10. autocategorisation
  11. autocategorization

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