Astatize

/ˈæstətaɪz/ verb

To treat, combine with, or expose something to astatine or astatine compounds.

From 'astatine' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ize.' Created as chemists needed a technical term for chemical processes involving this newly discovered element.

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