"Listerize" meaning in English

See Listerize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Listerizes [present, singular, third-person], Listerizing [participle, present], Listerized [participle, past], Listerized [past]
Etymology: From Lister + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Lister|ize}} Lister + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Listerize (third-person singular simple present Listerizes, present participle Listerizing, simple past and past participle Listerized)
  1. (transitive, dated) To make antiseptic. Tags: dated, transitive

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1887, Homœopathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, page 144:",
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          "ref": "1902, The Nineteenth Century and After, page 102:",
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        "(transitive, dated) To make antiseptic."
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