Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vulcanize
Participle: vulcanized
Gerund: vulcanizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vulcanize |
| you | vulcanize |
| he;she;it | vulcanizes |
| we | vulcanize |
| you | vulcanize |
| they | vulcanize |
Perfect
| I | have vulcanized |
| you | have vulcanized |
| he;she;it | has vulcanized |
| we | have vulcanized |
| you | have vulcanized |
| they | have vulcanized |
Past
| I | vulcanized |
| you | vulcanized |
| he;she;it | vulcanized |
| we | vulcanized |
| you | vulcanized |
| they | vulcanized |
Pluperfect
| I | had vulcanized |
| you | had vulcanized |
| he;she;it | had vulcanized |
| we | had vulcanized |
| you | had vulcanized |
| they | had vulcanized |
Future
| I | will vulcanize |
| you | will vulcanize |
| he;she;it | will vulcanize |
| we | will vulcanize |
| you | will vulcanize |
| they | will vulcanize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vulcanized |
| you | will have vulcanized |
| he;she;it | will have vulcanized |
| we | will have vulcanized |
| you | will have vulcanized |
| they | will have vulcanized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vulcanize |
| you | vulcanize |
| he;she;it | vulcanize |
| we | vulcanize |
| you | vulcanize |
| they | vulcanize |
Perfect
| I | have vulcanized |
| you | have vulcanized |
| he;she;it | have vulcanized |
| we | have vulcanized |
| you | have vulcanized |
| they | have vulcanized |
Imperfect
| I | vulcanized |
| you | vulcanized |
| he;she;it | vulcanized |
| we | vulcanized |
| you | vulcanized |
| they | vulcanized |
Pluperfect
| I | had vulcanized |
| you | had vulcanized |
| he;she;it | had vulcanized |
| we | had vulcanized |
| you | had vulcanized |
| they | had vulcanized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vulcanize |
| you | would vulcanize |
| he;she;it | would vulcanize |
| we | would vulcanize |
| you | would vulcanize |
| they | would vulcanize |
Perfect
| I | would have vulcanized |
| you | would have vulcanized |
| he;she;it | would have vulcanized |
| we | would have vulcanized |
| you | would have vulcanized |
| they | would have vulcanized |
Imperative
| you | vulcanize |
| we | Let's vulcanize |
| you | vulcanize |
Verbs conjugated like 'vulcanize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vulcanize'
volcanize,
vulcanise,
devulcanize,
villanize,
volcanise,
vulgarize,
balkanize,
Balkanize,
Burmanize,
Cubanize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1827, "to put into flames," from Vulcan (q.v.), name of the Roman god of fire, +
-ize. As a treatment for rubber, first recorded 1846.
2. Etymology tree
3. English Vulcan
4. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
5. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
6. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
7. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
8. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
9. Late Latin -izōder.
10. Middle French -iserbor.
11. Middle English -isen
12. English -ize
13. English vulcanize
14. From Vulcan + -ize.
Verbs referencing "vulcanize"
Finnish with old forms
vulkanoida, Finnish with old forms
vulkanisoida.
Sample Sentences
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Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar. [2015 February 25, Kevin McElvaney, “Inside Indonesia's Ijen Volcano”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:]
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These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy. [1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 404:]
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Natural rubber […] vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure. [2012, Theodore Rochow, Resinography:]