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CATALYZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does catalyze mean?

• CATALYZE (verb)
The verb CATALYZE has 1 sense:

1. change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

Familiarity information: CATALYZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CATALYZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

catalyse; catalyze

Hypernyms (to "catalyze" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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