eutrophicatev.
/juːˈtrɒfɪkeɪt/ Ecology.
a. transitive. To render eutrophic.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > convert to lake [verb (transitive)] > render eutrophic
eutrophicate1970
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > render polluted or a threat to animal life [verb (transitive)]
eutrophicate1970
1970 G. R. Taylor Doomsday Bk. ii. 33 What would happen to the billions of forest trees, many of which would stick out of the 100-foot-deep water or remain out of sight to wreck boats?.. Decaying, they would eutrophicate the water.
1987 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci.: Animal Sci. 96 141 The biotic life of Cooum river is severely affected by the excessive discharge of sewage effluents within the city limits which excessively eutrophicate the river water.
b. intransitive. To undergo eutrophication; to become eutrophic.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > [verb (intransitive)] > become eutrophic
eutrophicate1970
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > become polluted or threaten animal life [verb (intransitive)]
eutrophicate1970
1970 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. iv. 12/2 This..causes lakes to eutrophicate, or age, before their time.
Derivatives
euˈtrophicated adj.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > (rendered) eutrophic
eutrophic1959
eutrophicated1967
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [adjective] > conditions of
waterish1579
supralittoral1839
trophic1902
thermostabile1908
oligotrophic1911
saprobic1913
mosaic1919
mesic1926
xeric1926
trophogenic1930
tropholytic1931
saprobiotic1940
oligotropic1948
saprotrophic1948
mixohaline1959
thermoneutral1961
eutrophicated1967
1967 Schweiz. Zeitschr. f. Hydrologie 29 76 To give an idea of the contents of nitrogen and phosphorus in Lake Norrviken in relation to other eutrophic and eutrophicated lakes the values shown in Table 3 have been collected.
1988 Nature 26 May 317/2 It is not difficult to imagine ancient habitats saturated with microorganisms to a degree approaching that of the artificially eutrophicated environments of the present world.
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