pasteurise

• pasteurize

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/

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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.
   • 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 138:

     Opolot liked his milk straight from the cow – pasteurising kills both the taste and the savour, he claimed – and hardly diluted.

• pasteurisation

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pasteurise

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