catalyze

(kăt'l-īz')
tr.v., -lyzed, -lyz·ing, -lyz·es.

1. To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis.
2. To bring about; initiate: "The technology bred of science has catalyzed stupendous economic growth" (Nature).
3. To produce fundamental change in; transform: changes in student enrollment that have catalyzed the educational system.

[From CATALYSIS.]

catalyzer cat'a·lyz'er n.

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To cause or produce catalysis.

See words rhyming with "catalyze."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - katalysere

Français (French)
v. tr. - catalyser

Deutsch (German)
v. - katalysieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (χημ.) καταλύω, διασπώ

Italiano (Italian)
catalizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - catalisar

Русский (Russian)
катализировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - catalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - katalysera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
催化, 促成

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 催化, 促成

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 촉진 시키다, 촉매 작용을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 触媒作用を与える

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זירז, פעל כקטליזטור‬

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