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causticate

causticate verb: to treat with a caustic substance.

Verb

causticate (third-person singular simple present causticates, present participle causticating, simple past and past participle causticated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To treat with a caustic substance.

Forms of causticate

third-person singular presentcausticates
present participlecausticating
past participlecausticated
pastcausticated

Origin of causticate

caustic + -ate

Questions about causticate

What does causticate mean?
Causticate means to treat with a caustic substance.
What part of speech is causticate?
Causticate is a verb.
What is the past tense of causticate?
The past tense of causticate is causticated.

Words near causticate in the dictionary

  1. caustic surfaces
  2. caustic volatile alkali
  3. caustic wood alkali
  4. caustical
  5. caustically
  6. causticate
  7. causticated
  8. causticates
  9. causticating
  10. causticise
  11. causticised

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