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labilise

labilise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of labilize.

Meaning of labilize

Verb

labilize (third-person singular simple present labilizes, present participle labilizing, simple past and past participle labilized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
    • L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O₂.1915, Oscar Loew, Chemical Abstracts, volume 9, number 2, Notes on the mechanism of biological oxidation processes, page 1488

Forms of labilise

third-person singular presentlabilises
present participlelabilising
past participlelabilised
pastlabilised

Questions about labilise

What is labilise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Labilise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of labilize.

Words near labilise in the dictionary

  1. labile verb
  2. labile verbs
  3. labilely
  4. labilisation
  5. labilisations
  6. labilise
  7. labilised
  8. labilises
  9. labilising
  10. labilities
  11. lability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: labilise (page history and authors); labilize (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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