catalyze
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cat·a·lyze
(kăt'l-īz') 
tr.v., -lyzed, -lyz·ing, -lyz·es.
tr.v., -lyzed, -lyz·ing, -lyz·es.
- To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis.
- To bring about; initiate: "The technology bred of science has catalyzed stupendous economic growth" (Nature).
- To produce fundamental change in; transform: changes in student enrollment that have catalyzed the educational system.
[From CATALYSIS.]
catalyzer cat'a·lyz'er n.Translations:
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Catalyse
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
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - זירז, פעל כקטליזטור
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