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vegetized

English

Etymology 1

vegetable +? -ize +? -ed

Adjective

vegetized (not comparable)

  1. (US) To which ingredients found in vegetables have been added, especially minerals and vitamins. [from 1920s]
    I haven't seen any vegetized wafers on the shelf for decades.
    I always use vegetized salt or some other seasoned salt.
Related terms
  • vegetization

Etymology 2

From vegetize.

Verb

vegetized

  1. simple past tense and past participle of vegetize

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vegetize

English

Etymology

From vegetate + -ize.

Verb

vegetize (third-person singular simple present vegetizes, present participle vegetizing, simple past and past participle vegetized)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly figuratively) To be in a vegetative state.
    I was vegetizing in front of the TV after a tough week.
  2. (transitive, chiefly figuratively) To put into a vegetative state.
    Watching daytime television could vegetize anyone.

Synonyms

  • (intransitive: to be in a vegetative state): vegetate

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