v. Obs. [f. as prec. + -IZE; cf. fertilize.] To make barren or sterile; = BARREN v.
1649. Blith, Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653), 187. Not to barrennize Land, but to better or fatten it.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Sainfoin … does considerably meliorate and not barrenize the land on which it grows.
