sulfurise

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verb

Non-Oxford British spelling of sulfurize.

OriginEnglish sulfur ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre →
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Meanings

verbsulfurise (third-person singular simple present sulfurises, present participle sulfurising, simple past and past participle sulfurised)

present singular third person sulfurises · participle present sulfurising · participle past sulfurised · past sulfurised

  1. Non-Oxford British spelling of sulfurize.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sulfurate

Origin

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfurise

From sulfur + -ise.

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Cite this entry
APA

sulfurise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurise

MLA

“sulfurise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sulfurise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurise.

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