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ergotizing

ergotizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about ergotizing

What is ergotizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ergotizing is the present participle and gerund of ergotize.

Words near ergotizing in the dictionary

  1. ergotisms
  2. ergotization
  3. ergotize
  4. ergotized
  5. ergotizes
  6. ergotizing
  7. ergotope
  8. ergotopes
  9. ergotoxicosis
  10. ergotoxine
  11. ergotropic

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