cutinize

cutinize
verb
convert into cutin
Hypernyms: ↑convert
Verb Frames:
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/kyooht"n uyz'/, v.t., v.i., cutinized, cutinizing.
to make into or become cutin.
Also, esp. Brit., cutinise.
[1885-90; CUTIN + -IZE]

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cūˈtinize or cūˈtinise transitive verb and intransitive verb
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Main Entry:cutis

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ˈcutinize, v.
[f. cutin + -ize.]
= cuticularize. Hence cutiniˈzation.
in Cent. Dict.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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