"potabilize" meaning in English

See potabilize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: potabilizes [present, singular, third-person], potabilizing [participle, present], potabilized [participle, past], potabilized [past]
Etymology: From potable + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|potable|ize}} potable + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} potabilize (third-person singular simple present potabilizes, present participle potabilizing, simple past and past participle potabilized)
  1. (transitive) To purify (water) to make it safe to drink. Tags: transitive Derived forms: potabilizer

Inflected forms

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