Usually means: Speed up a chemical reaction.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. catalyse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. catalyse: Collins English Dictionary
  3. catalyse: Vocabulary.com
  4. catalyse: Wordnik
  5. catalyse: Wiktionary
  6. Catalyse, catalyse: Dictionary.com
  7. Catalyse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Catalyse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. catalyse: Rhymezone
  10. Catalyse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. catalyse: FreeDictionary.org
  12. catalyse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. catalyse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catalyse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. catalyse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. catalyse: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (catalyse)

▸ verb:  (chemistry) (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of catalyze

Similar:
catalyze, catalysing, galvanise, instigate, mobilise, stimulate, facilitate, accelerate, incite, underpin, more...

Opposite:
inhibit, impede, hinder, obstruct, slow down

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Similar:
catalyze, catalysing, galvanise, instigate, mobilise, stimulate, facilitate, accelerate, incite, underpin, more...

Opposite:
inhibit, impede, hinder, obstruct, slow down



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