v. [f. CARBON + -IZE.]

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  1.  trans. To convert into mere carbon; to reduce to charcoal or coke.

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1806.  Hatchett, in Phil. Trans., XCVI. 131, note. Caoutchouc and elastic bitumen were only superficially carbonized by the sulphuric acid.

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1816.  J. Laurence, in Monthly Mag., XLII. 298. Diamond … we can carbonize that precious gem, and prove it to be charcoal.

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1870.  F. L. Pope, Electr. Telegraph, iv. (1872), 44–5. A flash of atmospheric electricity also frequently carbonizes the paper between the plates.

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  2.  To carburet or carburize. arch.

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1808.  [see CARBONIZED].

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1875.  Ure, Dict. Arts, III. 899. (Steel) The combination of the carbon with the iron … extends from one lamina to another until the whole is carbonized.

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  3.  To cover with charcoal, lamp black, etc.

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  See CARBONIZED.

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  Hence Carbonizing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.

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1867.  Morning Star, 7 Aug., 5. The men employed in the carbonising departments in the gas factories.

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