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catalyze

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cat⋅a⋅lyze

  [kat-l-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lyzed, -lyz⋅ing.
to act upon by catalysis.
Also, especially British, cat⋅a⋅lyse.

Origin:
1885–90; cataly(sis) + (-i)ze

Related forms:
cat⋅a⋅lyz⋅er, noun
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cat·a·lyze   (kāt'l-īz')   
tr.v.   cat·a·lyzed, cat·a·lyz·ing, cat·a·lyz·es

  1. To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis.

  2. To bring about; initiate: "The technology bred of science has catalyzed stupendous economic growth" (Nature).

  3. To produce fundamental change in; transform: changes in student enrollment that have catalyzed the educational system.


[From catalysis.]
cat'a·lyz'er n.
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Main Entry: cat·a·lyze
Variant: or British cat·a·lyse /'kat-&l-"Iz/
Function: transitive verb
InflectedForms: -lyzed or British -lysed; -lyz·ing or British -lys·ing
: to bring about the catalysis of (a chemical reaction) —cat·a·lyz·er or British cat·a·lys·er noun
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catalyze cat·a·lyze (kāt'l-īz')
v. cat·a·lyzed, cat·a·lyz·ing, cat·a·lyz·es
To modify, especially to increase, the rate of a chemical reaction by catalysis.

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