arsenicate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɑːrˈsɛn.ɪ.keɪt/ UK /ɑːˈsen.ɪ.keɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to treat, impregnate, or contaminate with arsenic or an arsenic compound

The old pesticide arsenicated the soil around the greenhouse.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to treat, impregnate, or... treat with arsenicarsenicize

Opposites

decontaminate

Word family

Forms arsenicated

Derived forms arsenicatedarsenication

Related forms arsenicarsenate

Etymology

Formed from arsenic and the verb-forming suffix -ate. Arsenic came through French and Latin from Greek arsenikon, itself borrowed from a Middle Iranian word for the yellow mineral orpiment.

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