"lichenize" meaning in English

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        "2": "lichen",
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      "expansion": "lichen + -ize",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lichen + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lichenizes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "lichenize (third-person singular simple present lichenizes, present participle lichenizing, simple past and past participle lichenized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "American spelling"
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      "expansion": "(American spelling)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Lichenology",
          "orig": "en:Lichenology",
          "parents": [
            "Mycology",
            "Phycology",
            "Biology",
            "Botany",
            "Microbiology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "These two families are so close that some species in either one may or may not lichenize symbiotic algae.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover with lichens."
      ],
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "lichen",
          "lichen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with lichens."
      ],
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        {
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            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "lichenise"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lichenize"
}

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      "expansion": "lichen + -ize",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From lichen + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lichenizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lichenized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "2": "American spelling"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "These two families are so close that some species in either one may or may not lichenize symbiotic algae.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To cover with lichens."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cover with lichens."
      ],
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