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electrolyze

electrolyze verb: to decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.

Verb

electrolyze (third-person singular simple present electrolyzes, present participle electrolyzing, simple past and past participle electrolyzed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.

Forms of electrolyze

third-person singular presentelectrolyzes
present participleelectrolyzing
past participleelectrolyzed
pastelectrolyzed

Origin of electrolyze

Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1834. From electrolysis + -ize.

Words formed from electrolyze

Questions about electrolyze

What does electrolyze mean?
Electrolyze means to decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.
What part of speech is electrolyze?
Electrolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of electrolyze?
The past tense of electrolyze is electrolyzed.

Words near electrolyze in the dictionary

  1. electrolytically
  2. electrolytics
  3. electrolyzable
  4. electrolyzation
  5. electrolyzations
  6. electrolyze
  7. electrolyzed
  8. electrolyzer
  9. electrolyzers
  10. electrolyzes
  11. electrolyzing

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