Category:Neutralize

Neu"tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing.] Etym: [cf. F. neutraliser.]

1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here i am neutralized again. Sir w. Scott.

2. (chem.)

Defn: to render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as A chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an Acid with a base.

3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to A state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to Neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, Etc. Counter citations that neutralize each other. E. Everett.