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powellise

powellise is the alternative form of powellize.

Meaning of powellize

Verb

powellize (third-person singular simple present powellizes, present participle powellizing, simple past and past participle powellized)

  1. (transitive) To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.

Forms of powellise

third-person singular presentpowellises
present participlepowellising
past participlepowellised
pastpowellised

Questions about powellise

What is powellise the alternative form of?
Powellise is the alternative form of powellize.

Words near powellise in the dictionary

  1. Powel
  2. Powell
  3. Powell County
  4. Powell River
  5. Powellian
  6. powellise
  7. powellised
  8. powellises
  9. powellising
  10. Powellism
  11. Powellist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powellise (page history and authors); powellize (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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