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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. turn basic and less acidic;
- Example: "the solution alkalized"
[syn: alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alkalize \Al"ka*lize\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalized ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalizing ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. alcaliser.] To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to. [1913 Webster] Alkaloid
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alkalize v 1: turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn: alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify] [ant: acetify, acidify]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "alkalize": acetify, acidify, acidulate, alkalify, borate, carbonate, catalyze, chemical, chlorinate, electrolyze, ferment, homopolymerize, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, nitrate, oxidize, pepsinate, peroxidize, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, sulfate, sulfatize, sulfonate, work