meteorize

To weather

Verb

  1. To weather
  2. To ascend in vapours; to take the form of a meteor.
    • the Dews may meteorize , and emit their finer Spirits - 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes]...

Origin

From meteor + -ize.

Forms

meteorizes meteorizing meteorized

Related

meteorization