alkalizate

English

Etymology

From post-classic Latin alcalizatus, past participle of alcalizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælkəˌlaɪzət/, /ˈælkəˌlaɪzeɪt/

Adjective

alkalizate (comparative more alkalizate, superlative most alkalizate)

1. (archaic) Alkaline. [from 17th c.]
   • 1665, R[obert] Hooke, Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     [P]erhaps some parts of the Earth through which it is to pass, may contain a Salt, that mixing and uniting with the Sea-salt, may precipitate it; much after the same manner as the Alkalizate and Acid Salts mix and precipitate each other in the preparation of Tartarum Vitriolatum.

   • 1666, Robert Boyle, “The II. Section, Containing the Experiments. [Experiment V.]”, in The Origine of Formes and Qualities, (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy,) Illustrated by Considerations and Experiments, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, page 330:

     Nor are theſe themſelves all the vvayes I took to manifeſt the Alkalizate Nature of our tranſmuted Sea ſalt.

Derived terms

• alkalizateness