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catabolise

catabolise is the alternative form of catabolize.

Meaning of catabolize

Verb

catabolize (third-person singular simple present catabolizes, present participle catabolizing, simple past and past participle catabolized)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo catabolism.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism.
  3. (transitive) To produce (a substance) by catabolism.

Forms of catabolise

third-person singular presentcatabolises
present participlecatabolising
past participlecatabolised
pastcatabolised

Questions about catabolise

What is catabolise the alternative form of?
Catabolise is the alternative form of catabolize.

Words near catabolise in the dictionary

  1. catabolically
  2. catabolin
  3. catabolins
  4. catabolisation
  5. catabolisations
  6. catabolise
  7. catabolised
  8. catabolises
  9. catabolising
  10. catabolism
  11. catabolisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catabolise (page history and authors); catabolize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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