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titanise

titanise is the alternative form of titanize.

Meaning of titanize

Verb (1)

titanize (third-person singular simple present titanizes, present participle titanizing, simple past and past participle titanized)

  1. To coat with a layer of titanium, often in the form of titanium oxide.
    • Nevertheless, it is possible to titanize all these metals using the same technique as that used to obtain Ti deposits on Fe.1957, Journal of the Electrochemical Society - Volume 104, page 19

Verb (2)

titanize (third-person singular simple present titanizes, present participle titanizing, simple past and past participle titanized)

  1. To make or depict as titanic.
    • War titanizes. In war alone the nation stands at full height and reveals its true stature.1905, Baldwin-Slocum Lectures, page 161

Verb capitalized: Titanise

Titanise (third-person singular simple present Titanises, present participle Titanising, simple past and past participle Titanised)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of titanize.
    • Since then we have Titanised over 100,000,000 bottles.1965, The Economist - Volume 215, Issue 2, page 1017
    • The lightweight bottles, supplied by the United Glass Group, have been 'Titanised' to give extra strength.1971, Glass - Volume 48, page 297

Forms of titanise

third-person singular presenttitanises
present participletitanising
past participletitanised
pasttitanised
third-person singular presentTitanises
present participleTitanising
past participleTitanised
pastTitanised

Questions about titanise

What is titanise the alternative form of?
Titanise is the alternative form of titanize.
What part of speech is titanise?
Titanise is a verb.
What is the past tense of titanise?
The past tense of titanise is titanised.

Words near titanise in the dictionary

  1. Titanids
  2. titaniferous
  3. titanious
  4. titanisation
  5. titanisations
  6. titanise
  7. titanised
  8. titanises
  9. titanising
  10. titanism
  11. titanisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: titanise (page history and authors); Titanise (page history and authors); titanize (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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