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semisynthesizes

semisynthesizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of semisynthesize.

Meaning of semisynthesize

Verb

semisynthesize (third-person singular simple present semisynthesizes, present participle semisynthesizing, simple past and past participle semisynthesized)

  1. To synthesize partially, usually by incorporating natural components.
    • The 1,241st compound that they "semisynthesized" in this way looked particularly promising.1977, Harry Filmore Dowling, Fighting Infection: Conquests of the Twentieth Century, page 185

Questions about semisynthesizes

What is semisynthesizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Semisynthesizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of semisynthesize.

Words near semisynthesizes in the dictionary

  1. semisynchronous
  2. semisyntheses
  3. semisynthesis
  4. semisynthesize
  5. semisynthesized
  6. semisynthesizes
  7. semisynthesizing
  8. semisynthetic
  9. semisynthetically
  10. semisynthetics
  11. semisystematic

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