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TARTARIZE
Etymology
Verb
tartarize (third-person singular simple present tartarizes, present participle tartarizing, simple past and past participle tartarized)
(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"tar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tartarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
Definition: To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.] Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
Tar"tar*ize, v. t.
Definition: To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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