"bacterize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From bacteria + -ize.",
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      "form": "bacterizes",
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      "form": "bacterizing",
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      "form": "bacterized",
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      "form": "bacterized",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "bacterization"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23:",
          "text": "An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters, volume 36:",
          "text": "We are going to bacterize about a ton of press cake and try it out on cane in the field, and see if we can notice differences.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Samuel S. Gnanamanickam, Biological Control of Crop Diseases, page 16:",
          "text": "This suspension may also be used to bacterize plants as foliar sprays. Biocontrol agents thus applied have been effective in bringing about significant suppression of several serious foliar rice diseases.",
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        "To treat with bacteria."
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          "bacteria",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bacterise"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "bacterize"
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      "word": "bacterization"
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  "etymology_text": "From bacteria + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bacterizes",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bacterizing",
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      "form": "bacterized",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1915, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 9, page 23:",
          "text": "An analysis was made of the mixture of active bacterized peat and soil at the commencement of incubation as well as at the end.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters, volume 36:",
          "text": "We are going to bacterize about a ton of press cake and try it out on cane in the field, and see if we can notice differences.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Samuel S. Gnanamanickam, Biological Control of Crop Diseases, page 16:",
          "text": "This suspension may also be used to bacterize plants as foliar sprays. Biocontrol agents thus applied have been effective in bringing about significant suppression of several serious foliar rice diseases.",
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        "To treat with bacteria."
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    {
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  "word": "bacterize"
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