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pectise

pectise is the alternative form of pectize.

Meaning of pectize

Verb

pectize (third-person singular simple present pectizes, present participle pectizing, simple past and past participle pectized)

  1. (archaic) To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass; to gel.
    • Graham has shown, matter in this state often “pectizes” almost instantaneously — a touch will transform an entire mass.1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology

Forms of pectise

third-person singular presentpectises
present participlepectising
past participlepectised
pastpectised

Questions about pectise

What is pectise the alternative form of?
Pectise is the alternative form of pectize.

Words near pectise in the dictionary

  1. pectinolytic
  2. pectinose
  3. pectinous
  4. pectins
  5. pectisation
  6. pectise
  7. pectised
  8. pectises
  9. pectising
  10. pectization
  11. pectize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pectise (page history and authors); pectize (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.

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