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parasitise

parasitise verb: to live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Verb

parasitise (third-person singular simple present parasitises, present participle parasitising, simple past and past participle parasitised)

  1. To live on or in a host organism as a parasite.

Forms of parasitise

third-person singular presentparasitises
present participleparasitising
past participleparasitised
pastparasitised
alternative formparasitize

Origin of parasitise

From parasite + -ise.

Words formed from parasitise

Questions about parasitise

What does parasitise mean?
Parasitise means to live on or in a host organism as a parasite.
What part of speech is parasitise?
Parasitise is a verb.
What is the past tense of parasitise?
The past tense of parasitise is parasitised.

Words near parasitise in the dictionary

  1. parasiting
  2. parasitioid
  3. parasitiological
  4. parasitisation
  5. parasitisations
  6. parasitise
  7. parasitised
  8. parasitises
  9. parasitising
  10. parasitism
  11. parasitisms

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