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peroxidise

peroxidise is the alternative spelling of peroxidize.

Meaning of peroxidize

Verb

peroxidize (third-person singular simple present peroxidizes, present participle peroxidizing, simple past and past participle peroxidized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into a peroxide.
  2. (transitive) To treat (especially hair) with a peroxide.
    Synonyms:
    peroxide
  3. (intransitive) To be converted into a peroxide.

Forms of peroxidise

third-person singular presentperoxidises
present participleperoxidising
past participleperoxidised
pastperoxidised

Origin of peroxidise

From peroxide + -ise.

Words formed from peroxidise

Questions about peroxidise

What is peroxidise the alternative spelling of?
Peroxidise is the alternative spelling of peroxidize.

Words near peroxidise in the dictionary

  1. peroxides
  2. peroxidic
  3. peroxiding
  4. peroxidisability
  5. peroxidisable
  6. peroxidise
  7. peroxidised
  8. peroxidises
  9. peroxidising
  10. peroxidisulfate
  11. peroxidisulphate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peroxidise (page history and authors); peroxidize (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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