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laterise

laterise is the alternative form of laterize.

Meaning of laterize

Verb

laterize (third-person singular simple present laterizes, present participle laterizing, simple past and past participle laterized)

  1. To convert to laterite.
    • Among the former quartz reefs are the most obvious,since they do not laterize and often stand out in bold relief from the red soil surrounding them.1921, Mining Magazine - Volume 25, page 376

Forms of laterise

third-person singular presentlaterises
present participlelaterising
past participlelaterised
pastlaterised

Questions about laterise

What is laterise the alternative form of?
Laterise is the alternative form of laterize.

Words near laterise in the dictionary

  1. lateriflexion
  2. laterifolious
  3. laterigrade
  4. laterisation
  5. laterisations
  6. laterise
  7. laterised
  8. laterises
  9. laterising
  10. laterite
  11. laterites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laterise (page history and authors); laterize (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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