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marmorize

marmorize verb: to transform into marble.

Verb

marmorize (third-person singular simple present marmorizes, present participle marmorizing, simple past and past participle marmorized)

  1. (transitive) To transform into marble.
    • The principal effect of this intrusion has been to marmorize the surrounding limestone, though locally some large masses of contact-metamorphic minerals have been formed.1908, Adolph Knopf, Geology of the Seward Peninsula Tin Deposits, Alaska, page 44

Forms of marmorize

third-person singular presentmarmorizes
present participlemarmorizing
past participlemarmorized
pastmarmorized

Questions about marmorize

What does marmorize mean?
Marmorize means to transform into marble.
What part of speech is marmorize?
Marmorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of marmorize?
The past tense of marmorize is marmorized.

Words near marmorize in the dictionary

  1. marmoress
  2. marmoric
  3. marmorised
  4. marmorization
  5. marmorizations
  6. marmorize
  7. marmorized
  8. marmorizes
  9. marmorizing
  10. marmorkrebs
  11. marmorosis

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