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to agenize

to agenize

9.9
Treat flour with a chemical called Agene to make it whiter and better for baking
  • verb
  • Archaic
: agenizar
  • Many mills used to agenize flour to improve its baking qualities.

Examples

  • The company decided to agenize their wheat flour before the process was banned.

  • Some bakers noticed changes in taste when flour began to be agenized.

  • They agenize flour to enhance its quality.

  • The baker agenizes the flour before using it.

  • Many mills used to agenize flour to improve its baking qualities.

  • Some bakers noticed changes in taste when flour began to be agenized.

  • The company decided to agenize their wheat flour before the process was banned.

Synonyms

to bleach out
vsto agenize
4 3.8

Make clothes and similar things much lighter in color, usually by sunlight or chemicals

is a precise flour process using a particular compound to age or whiten
to nitrogenize
vsto agenize
  • Specialized
9.9

To add nitrogen to something in a chemical process

is a specific flour treatment using a named compound to age or whiten it

Surface Forms

agenize infinitive
agenized past
agenized past participle
agenizing present participle
agenizes third person singular

Morphology

agenize = Agene (transparent) = agene + ize

The verb is formed by productively adding the suffix '-ize' to the noun 'Agene' to mean 'treat with Agene', a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Agenize comes from Agene, the brand name for nitrogen trichloride once used to treat flour, plus the ending -ize, which means 'to make' or 'to do'. So to agenize flour is to treat it with Agene — for example to 'age' or 'bleach' the flour to change its baking quality.