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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To treat, impregnate, or combine with tartar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To impregnate with tartar; refine by means of the salt of tartar.
  • See Tatarize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
  • transitive verb (Chem.), rare To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
  • transitive verb (Med. Chem.) tartar emetic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb chemistry, transitive To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.

Etymologies

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tartar +‎ -ize

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