Catalyze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis.
  • v. To bring about; initiate: "The technology bred of science has catalyzed stupendous economic growth” ( Nature).
  • v. To produce fundamental change in; transform: changes in student enrollment that have catalyzed the educational system.
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  • v. To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
  • v. To accelerate a process.
  • v. To inspire significantly by catalysis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to cause (a chemical reaction) to proceed more quickly by contacting the reactant(s) with another substance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In physical chemistry, to act upon by catalysis: said of a substance which accelerates a chemical reaction while it is itself left unchanged at the end of the reaction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
    • Verb Form
    catalyzed    catalyzes    catalyzing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    turn    change state   
    Variant
    catalyse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    change by catalysis    cause to catalyze   
     
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