BACTERISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacterise mean? 

• BACTERISE (verb)
  The verb BACTERISE has 1 sense:

1. subject to the action of bacteria

  Familiarity information: BACTERISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bacterise    ... he / she / it bacterises   
Past simple: bacterised   
Past participle: bacterised   
-ing form: bacterising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to the action of bacteria

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bacterise; bacterize

Hypernyms (to "bacterise" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)