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- pulverize



[pulverize 词源字典] - pulverize: see powder
[pulverize etymology, pulverize origin, 英语词源] - pulverise (v.)




- chiefly British English spelling of pulverize (q.v.). Also see -ize. Related: Pulverised; pulverising; pulverisation.
- pulverization (n.)




- 1650s, noun of action from pulverize, or else from French pulvérisation, from Middle French pulveriser.
- pulverize (v.)




- early 15c., from Late Latin pulverizare "reduce to powder or dust," from Latin pulvis (genitive pulveris) "dust, powder" (see pollen). Related: Pulverized; pulverizing.
- Pulver Wednesday




- "= Ash-Wednesday", Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Capgrave (1393–1464), prior of Bishop's Lynn, theologian, and historian.
- pulverable




- "Capable of being reduced to powder; pulverizable", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Woodall (1570–1643), surgeon. From pulver or its etymon classical Latin pulverāre + -able.