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tartarize

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tar⋅tar⋅ize

  [tahr-tuh-rahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. Chemistry.
to impregnate, combine, or treat with tartar or potassium bitartrate.
Also, especially British, tar⋅tar⋅ise.

Origin:
1700–10; tartar + -ize

Related forms:
tar⋅tar⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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tar·tar·ize   (tär'tə-rīz')   
tr.v.   tar·tar·ized, tar·tar·iz·ing, tar·tar·iz·es
To treat, impregnate, or combine with tartar.
tar'tar·i·za'tion (-tər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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