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tourmalinize

tourmalinize verb: to convert into tourmaline.

Verb

tourmalinize (third-person singular simple present tourmalinizes, present participle tourmalinizing, simple past and past participle tourmalinized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into tourmaline.

Forms of tourmalinize

third-person singular presenttourmalinizes
present participletourmalinizing
past participletourmalinized
pasttourmalinized

Origin of tourmalinize

From tourmaline + -ize.

Questions about tourmalinize

What does tourmalinize mean?
Tourmalinize means to convert into tourmaline.
What part of speech is tourmalinize?
Tourmalinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tourmalinize?
The past tense of tourmalinize is tourmalinized.

Words near tourmalinize in the dictionary

  1. tourmalines
  2. tourmalinic
  3. tourmaliniferous
  4. tourmalinization
  5. tourmalinizations
  6. tourmalinize
  7. tourmalinized
  8. tourmalinizes
  9. tourmalinizing
  10. tourmalins
  11. tourmate

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