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Webster 1913 Edition
Catalysis
Ca-tal′y-sis
,Noun.
pl.
Catalyse
. (#)
[ML., fr. Gr. [GREEK] dissolution, fr. [GREEK] to destroy, dissolve;
κατά
down, wholly + [GREEK] to loose.] 1.
Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
[R.]
Sad
catalysis
and declension of piety. Evelyn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Catalysis
CATALYSIS
,Noun.