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bituminize

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bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅nize

  [bahy-too-muh-nahyz, -tyoo-, bi-]
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–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
to convert into or treat with bitumen.
Also, especially British, bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅nise.

Origin:
1745–55; < L bitūmin- (s. of bitūmen) bitumen + -ize

Related forms:
bi⋅tu⋅mi⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
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bi·tu·mi·nize   (bĭ-tōō'mə-nīz', -tyōō'-, bī-)   
tr.v.   bi·tu·mi·nized, bi·tu·mi·niz·ing, bi·tu·mi·niz·es
To treat with bitumen.
bi·tu'mi·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n.
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