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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