† mephitizev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make mephitic.
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1784 P. H. Maty in New Rev. July 70 It will have mephitized the air.
1784 P. H. Maty in New Rev. July 70 A common plant..will so mephitize it as to kill an animal.
Derivatives
mephitized adj. mephitic.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > rendered poisonous
venomous?a1400
venomed?1402
intoxicatec1425
poisoneda1470
poisonc1475
empoisoned1544
intoxicated1558
impotionate1583
venenated1597
venenate1633
mephitized1794
the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour
dampish1577
dampy1600
mephitic1623
damp1637
mephitical1704
mephitized1794
miasmic1822
miasmal1832
miasmatic1835
miasmatical1855
miasmatous1861
miasmous1884
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air > specific
smoky1398
mephitic1623
damp1637
mephitical1704
mephitized1794
moted1821
ozoneless1887
motey1893
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. xi. 493 Mephitized inflammable gas.
mephitized nitrous acid n. = mephito-nitrous acid n. at mephito-nitrous adj.
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1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 521 Mephitized nitrous acid.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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