v. [f. AZOTE + -IZE.] To nitrogenize; hence, to deprive of oxygen, leaving nitrogen only. Azotized ppl. a., nitrogenous, containing nitrogen.
1804. Edin. Rev., III. 421. What was formerly called … deoxygenating the system these writers term azotising.
1819. Brande, Chem., Belonging to the class of azotized basic bodies … [are] tea and coffee.
1859. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., vii. The Kidneys … throw off the azotized compounds which result from the decomposition of the tissues.
