laterise

English

Verb

laterise (third-person singular simple present laterises, present participle laterising, simple past and past participle laterised)

1. Alternative form of laterize
   • 1932, Technical Communication - Imperial Bureau of Soil Science:

     In general, rocks containing a high proportion of aluminium and iron laterise more readily than those composed mainly of alkali felspars.

   • 1957, J. L. d' Hoore, The Accumulation of Free Sesquioxides in Tropical Soils, page 45:

     These sandstones are very sensitive to erosive agents, whereas the sericite schist "laterises" and thus becomes harder ...

   • 1980, K. Vijayachandran, Silent Valley, myth and reality, page 79:

     The underlying rock is granite and the schists and geeiss covering the slopes give rise to loamy soils which harden and laterise on exposure.

Anagrams

• Aleister, ateliers, e-tailers, earliest, etailers, leariest, realties