Word.ws English Dictionary

naphthalise

naphthalise is the alternative form of naphthalize.

Meaning of naphthalize

Verb

naphthalize (third-person singular simple present naphthalizes, present participle naphthalizing, simple past and past participle naphthalized)

  1. (archaic) To mix or saturate with naphtha.
    • naphthalized gas used in lighting

Forms of naphthalise

third-person singular presentnaphthalises
present participlenaphthalising
past participlenaphthalised
pastnaphthalised

Questions about naphthalise

What is naphthalise the alternative form of?
Naphthalise is the alternative form of naphthalize.

Words near naphthalise in the dictionary

  1. naphthalimides
  2. naphthalin
  3. naphthaline
  4. naphthalines
  5. naphthalins
  6. naphthalise
  7. naphthalised
  8. naphthalises
  9. naphthalising
  10. naphthalization
  11. naphthalize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: naphthalise (page history and authors); naphthalize (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “naphthalise.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/naphthalise. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.