agenize

[ey-juh-nahyz]

a·ge·nize

[ey-juh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), a·ge·nized, a·ge·niz·ing.
to bleach (flour) with nitrogen trichloride.
Also, especially British, a·ge·nise.


Origin:
1945–50; agene U.S. trade name for nitrogen trichloride + -ize
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agenize

verb
age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride) 
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