sterilizev.

/ˈstɛrɪlʌɪz/

Etymology: < sterile adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French stériliser.

1. transitive. To cause to be unfruitful; to destroy the fertility of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > make wild or uncultivated [verb (transitive)] > make barren or desert

barren1581

embarren1628

barrenize1652

sterilize1695

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 101 Why therefore may we not as well suppose the other part of the Sentence, the Sterilizing the Earth, was also suspended?

1737 R. Savage Of Public Spirit 204 No, no—such wars do thou, Ambition, wage! Go, sterilize the fertile with thy rage! Whole nations to depopulate is thine.

1810 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1808 1 i. 147 An experiment to sterilize the country for one year.

1891 Spectator 4 Apr. Gambia is worth far more to the French than the French right to sterilise the French shore of Newfoundland is to the English.

absolute.1910 Margoliouth in Expositor Mar. 216 The practice of sowing with salt, in order to sterilize, is alluded to in the Old Testament.

2. To deprive of fecundity; to render incapable of producing offspring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)]

to shut up the womb1530

sterilize1828

yeld1831

desexualize1886

1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1905 [implied in: Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 443 Treat every man after the deserts of his grandfathers and who should scape sterilization? (at sterilization n.)].

1910 [implied in: R. R. Rentoul in Brit. Health Rev. Feb. 74 In 1903 I publicly advocated the sterilisation of the insane. (at sterilization n.)].

3. Biology. To render (organs) sterile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > others

animalize1790

sterilize1891

ultrafilter1908

enucleate1909

homogenize1936

harvest1946

superfuse1953

bursectomize1958

perifuse1969

respirate1971

transfect1974

1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 77/1 Its ray-florets..besides doubling or semi-sterilising themselves, have attained a broad stripe of yellowish white up each strap-shaped corolla.

4. figurative. To make mentally or spiritually barren; to render unproductive, unprofitable or useless; to deprive of result; to render harmless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > render unproductive

sterilize1880

the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > make safe or not dangerous > make harmless

unarm1569

to file (one's) teeth1599

cicurate1606

disenvenoma1711

scotch1726

defang1919

neutralize1937

sterilize1939

declaw1940

recuperate1967

1880 J. A. Symonds in H. F. Brown Biog. (1895) II. 168 Men who might have written excellent books are sterilised by starting with fastidious conceits.

1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 19 Feb. 114/1 That prodigious find of 1882 seems to have almost sterilised 1883 so far as treasure-trove is concerned.

1911 F. Harrison Autobiogr. Mem. II. xxiii. 60 M. Grévy being sterilised by office,..power fell to M. Gambetta.

1939 Economist 8 July 64/2 The Reich Government..is evidently thinking a good deal more of its own commercial ambitions in East Europe and..of ways and means of breaking up the embryonic ‘Peace Front’ by sterilising Poland as an anti-German military power.

5. To render free from micro-organisms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > sterilize

sterilize1877

asepticize1892

tyndallize-

1878 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. 297 Schwann..sterilised the flask by boiling.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 69 The milk should be sterilised.

absolute.1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 229 In the one case five minutes' action completely sterilizes.

6. Economics. To inhibit the use of resources in order to exercise control over the economy, esp. to control the balance of payments by taking offsetting action to hold down the money supply.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [verb (transitive)] > apply specific policies to

protect1778

rationalize1926

sterilize1930

reflate1932

maximize1943

overheat1956

inflation-proof1973

1930 Economist 3 May 1007/2 The directors conclude a somewhat discursive report with remarks upon the wastefulness of sterilised gold, which they regard as one of the principal causes of the fall in commodity prices.

1935 A. D. Gayer Monetary Policy & Econ. Stabilization ii. 32 By the consistent utilization of the devices of ‘offsetting’ and ‘sterilising’..the total media of payments were regulated independently of her [sc. America's] resources.

1936 Sun (Baltimore) 6 June 16/1 Such action would be aimed primarily at sterilizing the mobile gold received from abroad.

1938 Times 15 Feb. 14/2 No more gold will be ‘sterilized’ by the Treasury.

1942 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Feb. 1/3 Such a technique would ‘sterilize’ the money..; that is, keep it from building up the nation's purchasing power.

1944 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Apr. 9/3 WPB suggested..that legislation be proposed to ‘sterilize’ such reserves to keep them from affecting the economy.

1968 R. A. Mundell International Econ. x. 149 The practice of ‘sterilizing’ the monetary effects of foreign exchange (or gold) purchases and sales has become widespread as countries look for means of adjusting the balance of payments other than that implicit in price level (or interest rate) adjustments.

1977 C. Ammer & D. S. Ammer Dict. Business & Econ. 180 Even though the United States is no longer on the gold standard, the term [sc. sterilization] continues to be used with the understanding that not gold but other reserves..are being sterilized.

7. Town Planning. To preserve (a piece of land) from building or other development.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > plan or develop > preserve piece of land from development

sterilize1935

1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! i. 18 The Townplanners and Green-Belters, when they propose to ‘sterilize’ a given area, mean that it shall not be sterile, that it shall produce nothing but vegetation and natural life, as opposed to buildings.

1937 Times 27 July 11/2 The council have also accepted offers to sterilize, free of compensation, the attractive Duncombe Farm estate at Ivinghoe, comprising 64 acres, on the understanding that there will be no building on the adjoining land.

1942 Rep. Comm. Land Utilisation in Rural Areas 71 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 6378) IV. 497 The term ‘green belt’..has come..to mean a belt of open land..to be ‘preserved’ from building (or, as is often said, ‘sterilised’).

1973 Town & Country Planning Nov. 495 Any urban growth entailing the phased development of land would become impossible under site-value rating, except given some action to sterilize the land concerned, which would be precisely contrary to the aim of stimulating development.

Derivatives

ˈsterilized adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [adjective] > sterilized

sterilized1877

1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 133 A sterilized infusion..remained sterile.

1891 G. S. Woodhead Bacteria & their Products 399 Sterilized vessels for the reception of various media.

ˈsterilizing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [noun] > rendering unproductive

estrepement1503

sterilizing1846

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness > making

sterilizing1846

1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 13 The sudden sterilizing of districts previously fruitful.

1888 Sat. Rev. 2 June 641 The chief certain result..was the sterilizing..of French political capacity.

ˈsterilizing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective] > rendering unproductive

sterilizing1847

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > useless or unproductive > making

sterilizing1847

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xi. 196 New crops of them..appear as fast as the surface is relieved from its sterilizing burden.

1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iii. 155 Nothing is so sterilizing as retirement, when [etc.].

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iv. i. 146 He had the intense, blind, sterilising love of antiquity of the men of the fifteenth century.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	sterilize
释义	sterilizev. /ˈstɛrɪlʌɪz/ Etymology: < sterile adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French stériliser. 1. transitive. To cause to be unfruitful; to destroy the fertility of. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > make wild or uncultivated [verb (transitive)] > make barren or desert barren1581 embarren1628 barrenize1652 sterilize1695 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 101 Why therefore may we not as well suppose the other part of the Sentence, the Sterilizing the Earth, was also suspended? 1737 R. Savage Of Public Spirit 204 No, no—such wars do thou, Ambition, wage! Go, sterilize the fertile with thy rage! Whole nations to depopulate is thine. 1810 R. Southey in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1808 1 i. 147 An experiment to sterilize the country for one year. 1891 Spectator 4 Apr. Gambia is worth far more to the French than the French right to sterilise the French shore of Newfoundland is to the English. absolute.1910 Margoliouth in Expositor Mar. 216 The practice of sowing with salt, in order to sterilize, is alluded to in the Old Testament. 2. To deprive of fecundity; to render incapable of producing offspring. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] to shut up the womb1530 sterilize1828 yeld1831 desexualize1886 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1905 [implied in: Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 443 Treat every man after the deserts of his grandfathers and who should scape sterilization? (at sterilization n.)]. 1910 [implied in: R. R. Rentoul in Brit. Health Rev. Feb. 74 In 1903 I publicly advocated the sterilisation of the insane. (at sterilization n.)]. 3. Biology. To render (organs) sterile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > others animalize1790 sterilize1891 ultrafilter1908 enucleate1909 homogenize1936 harvest1946 superfuse1953 bursectomize1958 perifuse1969 respirate1971 transfect1974 1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 77/1 Its ray-florets..besides doubling or semi-sterilising themselves, have attained a broad stripe of yellowish white up each strap-shaped corolla. 4. figurative. To make mentally or spiritually barren; to render unproductive, unprofitable or useless; to deprive of result; to render harmless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > render unproductive sterilize1880 the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > make safe or not dangerous > make harmless unarm1569 to file (one's) teeth1599 cicurate1606 disenvenoma1711 scotch1726 defang1919 neutralize1937 sterilize1939 declaw1940 recuperate1967 1880 J. A. Symonds in H. F. Brown Biog. (1895) II. 168 Men who might have written excellent books are sterilised by starting with fastidious conceits. 1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 19 Feb. 114/1 That prodigious find of 1882 seems to have almost sterilised 1883 so far as treasure-trove is concerned. 1911 F. Harrison Autobiogr. Mem. II. xxiii. 60 M. Grévy being sterilised by office,..power fell to M. Gambetta. 1939 Economist 8 July 64/2 The Reich Government..is evidently thinking a good deal more of its own commercial ambitions in East Europe and..of ways and means of breaking up the embryonic ‘Peace Front’ by sterilising Poland as an anti-German military power. 5. To render free from micro-organisms. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > sterilize sterilize1877 asepticize1892 tyndallize- 1878 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. 297 Schwann..sterilised the flask by boiling. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 69 The milk should be sterilised. absolute.1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 229 In the one case five minutes' action completely sterilizes. 6. Economics. To inhibit the use of resources in order to exercise control over the economy, esp. to control the balance of payments by taking offsetting action to hold down the money supply. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [verb (transitive)] > apply specific policies to protect1778 rationalize1926 sterilize1930 reflate1932 maximize1943 overheat1956 inflation-proof1973 1930 Economist 3 May 1007/2 The directors conclude a somewhat discursive report with remarks upon the wastefulness of sterilised gold, which they regard as one of the principal causes of the fall in commodity prices. 1935 A. D. Gayer Monetary Policy & Econ. Stabilization ii. 32 By the consistent utilization of the devices of ‘offsetting’ and ‘sterilising’..the total media of payments were regulated independently of her [sc. America's] resources. 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 6 June 16/1 Such action would be aimed primarily at sterilizing the mobile gold received from abroad. 1938 Times 15 Feb. 14/2 No more gold will be ‘sterilized’ by the Treasury. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Feb. 1/3 Such a technique would ‘sterilize’ the money..; that is, keep it from building up the nation's purchasing power. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Apr. 9/3 WPB suggested..that legislation be proposed to ‘sterilize’ such reserves to keep them from affecting the economy. 1968 R. A. Mundell International Econ. x. 149 The practice of ‘sterilizing’ the monetary effects of foreign exchange (or gold) purchases and sales has become widespread as countries look for means of adjusting the balance of payments other than that implicit in price level (or interest rate) adjustments. 1977 C. Ammer & D. S. Ammer Dict. Business & Econ. 180 Even though the United States is no longer on the gold standard, the term [sc. sterilization] continues to be used with the understanding that not gold but other reserves..are being sterilized. 7. Town Planning. To preserve (a piece of land) from building or other development. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > plan or develop > preserve piece of land from development sterilize1935 1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! i. 18 The Townplanners and Green-Belters, when they propose to ‘sterilize’ a given area, mean that it shall not be sterile, that it shall produce nothing but vegetation and natural life, as opposed to buildings. 1937 Times 27 July 11/2 The council have also accepted offers to sterilize, free of compensation, the attractive Duncombe Farm estate at Ivinghoe, comprising 64 acres, on the understanding that there will be no building on the adjoining land. 1942 Rep. Comm. Land Utilisation in Rural Areas 71 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 6378) IV. 497 The term ‘green belt’..has come..to mean a belt of open land..to be ‘preserved’ from building (or, as is often said, ‘sterilised’). 1973 Town & Country Planning Nov. 495 Any urban growth entailing the phased development of land would become impossible under site-value rating, except given some action to sterilize the land concerned, which would be precisely contrary to the aim of stimulating development. Derivatives ˈsterilized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [adjective] > sterilized sterilized1877 1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 133 A sterilized infusion..remained sterile. 1891 G. S. Woodhead Bacteria & their Products 399 Sterilized vessels for the reception of various media. ˈsterilizing n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [noun] > rendering unproductive estrepement1503 sterilizing1846 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness > making sterilizing1846 1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 13 The sudden sterilizing of districts previously fruitful. 1888 Sat. Rev. 2 June 641 The chief certain result..was the sterilizing..of French political capacity. ˈsterilizing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective] > rendering unproductive sterilizing1847 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > useless or unproductive > making sterilizing1847 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xi. 196 New crops of them..appear as fast as the surface is relieved from its sterilizing burden. 1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iii. 155 Nothing is so sterilizing as retirement, when [etc.]. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iv. i. 146 He had the intense, blind, sterilising love of antiquity of the men of the fifteenth century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1695
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