pasteurise

See also: pasteurisé

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Etymology

Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ise.

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pasteurise (third-person singular simple present pasteurises, present participle pasteurising, simple past and past participle pasteurised)

  1. (transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

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French

Verb

pasteurise

  1. inflection of pasteuriser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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