electrolyze

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis.

   Petrified with astonishment, Richard Seaton stared after the copper steam-bath upon which he had been electrolyzing his solution of "X," the unknown metal.

Back-formed from electrolysis with the verb-forming suffix -ize. Electrolysis combines electro-, relating to electricity, with Ancient Greek lysis ("loosening, dissolution").

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