Meanings
verbergotize (third-person singular simple present ergotizes, present participle ergotizing, simple past and past participle ergotized)
present singular third person ergotizes · participle present ergotizing · participle past ergotized · past ergotized
- transitiveTo affect with ergot.
We refer now to the power possessed by this fungus of infecting healthy grains of corn, and of ergotizing them.
1846, Pharmaceutical Journal: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
Origin
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ergotize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotize
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“ergotize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ergotize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotize.
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