meteorize

verb — 2 senses

meteorize

verb

Etymology From meteor + -ize.

1

To weather

2

Archaic, Poetic To ascend in vapours (similar to a path a meteor might take)

the Dews may meteorize , and emit their finer Spirits1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

Related terms: meteorization

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