desterilize

enUK Related to desterilize: grows, apologized

de·ster·i·lize

D0165600 (dē-stĕr′ə-līz′)tr.v. de·ster·i·lized, de·ster·i·liz·ing, de·ster·i·liz·es To release (gold) from an inactive status and return it to use as a backing for credit and new currency.