Third person singular present tense of azotise, meaning to combine with or introduce nitrogen into a chemical compound.
From French 'azote' (nitrogen) + -ise (British spelling suffix for making verbs). The root 'azote' comes from French chemists in the 1700s who combined Greek 'a-' (without) + 'zoe' (life), since nitrogen doesn't support combustion.
Early chemists literally named nitrogen 'the substance without life' because they didn't understand it supported plant growth through the soil—talk about getting it backwards! We later realized nitrogen is absolutely essential for life.
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