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dieselise

dieselise is the alternative form of dieselize.

Meaning of dieselize

Verb

dieselize (third-person singular simple present dieselizes, present participle dieselizing, simple past and past participle dieselized)

  1. (US, transitive) To convert or adapt an engine to diesel fuel.
  2. (US, transitive) To replace steam or electric train service on a particular route or network with diesel-engined trains.

Forms of dieselise

third-person singular presentdieselises
present participledieselising
past participledieselised
pastdieselised

Origin of dieselise

From diesel + -ise.

Questions about dieselise

What is dieselise the alternative form of?
Dieselise is the alternative form of dieselize.

Words near dieselise in the dictionary

  1. dieseline
  2. dieselines
  3. dieseling
  4. dieselisation
  5. dieselisations
  6. dieselise
  7. dieselised
  8. dieselises
  9. dieselising
  10. dieselization
  11. dieselizations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dieselise (page history and authors); dieselize (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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