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nectarize

nectarize verb: to mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.

Verb

nectarize (third-person singular simple present nectarizes, present participle nectarizing, simple past and past participle nectarized)

  1. (obsolete) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
    • Gently assemble, delicacies all,
      And sweetly nectarize this bitter gall!1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], edited by J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, […] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London]: [s.n.], published [1870], →OCLC

Forms of nectarize

third-person singular presentnectarizes
present participlenectarizing
past participlenectarized
pastnectarized

Origin of nectarize

From nectar + -ize.

Questions about nectarize

What does nectarize mean?
Nectarize means to mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
What part of speech is nectarize?
Nectarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of nectarize?
The past tense of nectarize is nectarized.

Words near nectarize in the dictionary

  1. nectarium
  2. nectarivore
  3. nectarivores
  4. nectarivorous
  5. nectarivory
  6. nectarize
  7. nectarized
  8. nectarizes
  9. nectarizing
  10. nectarless
  11. nectarlessness

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