catalysev.
/ˈkatəlʌɪz/, /ˈkatl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkædlˌaɪz/ transitive. To increase the rate of (a reaction or process) by catalytic action; to produce by means of catalysis. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to process affecting reaction > catalyse
catalyse1890
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1890 Nature 13 Nov. 25/1 Every micro-organism produces, from the substances which it katalyzes..a material or materials, which, on accumulation, inhibit its growth.
1937 Discovery June 181/1 Traces of impurities that catalyse reactions may lead to erroneous inferences.
1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. xi. 115 They do not impose their own plans, but they catalyse planning jointly with others.
1955 Sci. News Let. 29 Oct. 274/1 Peroxidase..catalyzes, or sparks, the transfer of oxygen from hydrogen peroxide..to another substance.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) V. 19/2 Most of the chemical reactions that take place in living organisms are catalyzed by specific enzymes, without which such reactions would proceed at a negligible rate, if at all.
1969 Nature 27 Dec. 1250/1 The technology bred of science has catalysed stupendous economic growth.
Derivatives
ˈcatalysator n. a catalyst.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > processes or substances affecting reactions > catalysis > catalyst
accelerator1864
catalysator1893
catalysor1901
catalyst1902
catalyser1904
1893 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 237 Numberless specific catalysators exist which act only upon certain phenomena.
ˈcatalyser n.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > cause of transformation
forschuppild?c1225
converter1533
transformer1601
plantator1616
transformator1617
transmogrifier1676
new broom1799
transformist1799
denaturalizer1832
catalyser1904
wind (also winds) of change1905
catalyst1943
touchpaper1968
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > processes or substances affecting reactions > catalysis > catalyst
accelerator1864
catalysator1893
catalysor1901
catalyst1902
catalyser1904
1904 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 8 373 Measurements were made of the effect of catalyzers on the formation of C6H5Cl and C6H6Cl6 from benzene and chlorine.
1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 726/2 Some of these natural catalysers can be manufactured.
1926 Spectator 21 Aug. 280/1 [Advertising] is..the great mover of merchandise, the catalyser of commerce.
ˈcatalysing n. and adj.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > causing
transitive1590
transient1601
reductive1633
catalysing1943
catalytic1945
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > speeding up
catalysing1943
1943 Koestler in Horizon Apr. 242 But tradition might act on a man in two ways: either as a sterilizing, or as a catalysing agent.
ˈcatalysor n. rare
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > processes or substances affecting reactions > catalysis > catalyst
accelerator1864
catalysator1893
catalysor1901
catalyst1902
catalyser1904
1901 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 23 236 The ratio of the velocity of the reaction to the concentration of the catalysor is nearly constant in dilute solutions of strong acids.
1904 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Wonders of Life ii. 47 Many recent chemists and physiologists are of opinion that plasm is a colloid catalysator.
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