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ergotise

ergotise is the alternative form of ergotize.

Meaning of ergotize

Verb

ergotize (third-person singular simple present ergotizes, present participle ergotizing, simple past and past participle ergotized)

  1. (transitive) To affect with ergot.
    • We refer now to the power possessed by this fungus of infecting healthy grains of corn, and of ergotizing them.1846, Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences

Forms of ergotise

third-person singular presentergotises
present participleergotising
past participleergotised
pastergotised

Questions about ergotise

What is ergotise the alternative form of?
Ergotise is the alternative form of ergotize.

Words near ergotise in the dictionary

  1. ergotic acid
  2. ergotin
  3. ergotine
  4. ergotins
  5. ergotisation
  6. ergotise
  7. ergotised
  8. ergotises
  9. ergotising
  10. ergotism
  11. ergotisms

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