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meteorize

meteorize verb: to weather.

Verb

meteorize (third-person singular simple present meteorizes, present participle meteorizing, simple past and past participle meteorized)

  1. To weather
  2. (archaic, poetic) To ascend in vapours (similar to a path a meteor might take)
    • the Dews may meteorize , and emit their finer Spirits1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...

Forms of meteorize

third-person singular presentmeteorizes
present participlemeteorizing
past participlemeteorized
pastmeteorized

Origin of meteorize

From meteor + -ize.

Questions about meteorize

What does meteorize mean?
Meteorize means to weather.
What part of speech is meteorize?
Meteorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of meteorize?
The past tense of meteorize is meteorized.

Words near meteorize in the dictionary

  1. meteoriticist
  2. meteoriticists
  3. meteoritics
  4. meteorization
  5. meteorizations
  6. meteorize
  7. meteorized
  8. meteorizes
  9. meteorizing
  10. meteorlike
  11. meteoro-

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