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Past tense of lyse

regular verb

The past tense of lyse is lysed. The past participle is also lysed.

Forms of lyse

Base form (V1)lyse /ˈlaɪz/
Past tense (V2)lysed
Past participle (V3)lysed
Present participlelysing
Third person singularlyses

Meaning of lyse

  1. verb To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
  2. verb To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Full definition of lyse

Questions about the past tense of lyse

What is the past tense of lyse?
The past tense of lyse is lysed.
What is the past participle of lyse?
The past participle of lyse is lysed.
Is lyse a regular or irregular verb?
Lyse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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