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bacterizes

bacterizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bacterize.

Meaning of bacterize

Verb

bacterize (third-person singular simple present bacterizes, present participle bacterizing, simple past and past participle bacterized)

  1. (transitive) To treat with bacteria.
    • An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23

Questions about bacterizes

What is bacterizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bacterizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bacterize.

Words near bacterizes in the dictionary

  1. bacterivory
  2. bacterization
  3. bacterizations
  4. bacterize
  5. bacterized
  6. bacterizes
  7. bacterizing
  8. bacteroid
  9. bacteroidal
  10. bacteroidete
  11. bacteroidetes

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