alkalize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

alkalize
    v 1: turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn:
         {alkalize}, {alkalise}, {alkalify}, {basify}] [ant:
         {acetify}, {acidify}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Alkalize \Al"ka*lize\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p.
   p. {Alkalized} ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Alkalizing} ([a^]l"k[.a]*l[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F.
   alcaliser.]
   To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an
   alkali to.
   [1913 Webster] Alkaloid

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "alkalize":
      acetify, acidify, acidulate, alkalify, borate, carbonate, catalyze,
      chemical, chlorinate, electrolyze, ferment, homopolymerize,
      hydrate, hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, nitrate, oxidize,
      pepsinate, peroxidize, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, sulfate,
      sulfatize, sulfonate, work

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