ergotize en · VERB
Etymology
From ergot + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To affect with ergot.
We refer now to the power possessed by this fungus of infecting healthy grains of corn, and of ergotizing them.
1846, Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ergotizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ergotized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ergotized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| ergotizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |