Definition of Nitrogenize

1. Verb. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.

Exact synonyms: Nitrify, Nitrogenise
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Nitrate, Nitrification, Nitrogen, Nitrous Acid, Nitrogen

Definition of Nitrogenize

1. v. t. To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.

Definition of Nitrogenize

1. Verb. (transitive) to treat something with nitrogen of a nitrogen compound ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Nitrogenize

1. To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds. Origin: Nitrogenised; Nitrogenizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrogenize

nitrogen tribromide
nitrogen trichloride
nitrogen trifluoride
nitrogen triiodide
nitrogenase
nitrogenase complex
nitrogenase reductase
nitrogenases
nitrogenate
nitrogenated
nitrogenates
nitrogenating
nitrogenic
nitrogeniferous
nitrogenise
nitrogenize (current term)
nitrogenized
nitrogenless
nitrogenlike
nitrogenous
nitrogenous base
nitrogenous group transferases
nitrogens
nitroglycerin
nitroglycerin reductase
nitroglycerine
nitroglycerines
nitroglycerins
nitroguanidine
nitroguanidines

Literary usage of Nitrogenize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"... gas incoloro, principio constitutivo del aire y de las substancias minerales, vegetales y animales. Su fórmula es N. nitrogenize ..."

2. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... nitric acid. nitrite, a salt of nitrous acid. nitrogen, symbol N. nitrogenize, not -ise. nitrogenous, not -eous. nitro-glycerine, not -in (hyphen). ..."

3. Human Physiology, Statical and Dynamical: Or, The Conditions and Course of by John William Draper (1870)
"They retain still, as it were, the traces of organization; they belong rather to the hydrocarbon family than to the nitrogenize(L It may be that, ..."

4. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores, and Adapting Them by John Percy (1864)
"In order to nitrogenize nearly completely small bits of iron wire by ammonia, Fremy often found it necessary to pass a current of the gas over the metal ..."

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