laterize

present singular third person laterizes · participle present laterizing · participle past laterized · past laterized · alternative laterise

1. To convert to laterite.

   Thirty percent of Vietnamese soil has the potential to laterize.

   1970, The Indochina Story: A Fully Documented Account, page 115

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   Among the former quartz reefs are the most obvious,since they do not laterize and often stand out in bold relief from the red soil surrounding them.

   1921, Mining Magazine - Volume 25, page 376

   They are subject, however, to heavy leaching, and unless protected by an ample covering of vegetation, they too tend to laterize.

   1973, Thomas Duval Roberts, Benjamin Nimer, Area handbook for Ivory Coast, page 44