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potabilize

potabilize verb: to purify (water) to make it safe to drink.

Verb

potabilize (third-person singular simple present potabilizes, present participle potabilizing, simple past and past participle potabilized)

  1. (transitive) To purify (water) to make it safe to drink.

Forms of potabilize

third-person singular presentpotabilizes
present participlepotabilizing
past participlepotabilized
pastpotabilized

Origin of potabilize

From potable + -ize.

Words formed from potabilize

Questions about potabilize

What does potabilize mean?
Potabilize means to purify (water) to make it safe to drink.
What part of speech is potabilize?
Potabilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of potabilize?
The past tense of potabilize is potabilized.

Words near potabilize in the dictionary

  1. pot-walloping
  2. POTA
  3. potabilities
  4. potability
  5. potabilization
  6. potabilize
  7. potabilized
  8. potabilizer
  9. potabilizers
  10. potabilizes
  11. potabilizing

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