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Metabolize

Me-tab′o-lize

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
(Physiol.)
To change by a metabolic process. See
Metabolism
.

Definition 2024


metabolize

metabolize

English

Verb

metabolize (third-person singular simple present metabolizes, present participle metabolizing, simple past and past participle metabolized)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo metabolism.
  2. (transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
  3. (transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism.

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Portuguese

Verb

metabolize

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of metabolizar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of metabolizar
  3. first-person singular imperative of metabolizar
  4. third-person singular imperative of metabolizar