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bacterizing

bacterizing is the present participle and gerund 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 bacterizing

What is bacterizing the present participle and gerund of?
Bacterizing is the present participle and gerund of bacterize.

Words near bacterizing in the dictionary

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

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