acidize

acidize

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.
Latin aceō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin acidusbor.
French acidebor.
English acid
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English acidize

    From acid + -ize.

    Verb

    acidize (third-person singular simple present acidizes, present participle acidizing, simple past and past participle acidized)

    1. To impregnate with acid; acidify.
    2. (oil industry, geology) To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.

    Derived terms

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