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desterilize

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de⋅ster⋅i⋅lize

  [dee-ster-uh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
to utilize an idle fund or commodity, as when a nation issues currency against gold previously unused.
Also, especially British, de⋅ster⋅i⋅lise.

Origin:
de- + sterilize

Related forms:
de⋅ster⋅i⋅li⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·ster·i·lize   (dē-stěr'ə-līz')   
tr.v.   de·ster·i·lized, de·ster·i·liz·ing, de·ster·i·liz·es
To release (gold) from an inactive status and return it to use as a backing for credit and new currency.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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