copolymerize

US: (kō′pə lim′ə rīz′, kō pol′ə mə-)

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co•po•lym•er•ize  (kō′pə lim′ə rīz′, kō pol′ə mə-), v.t., v.i., -ized, -iz•ing. [Chem.]

1. Chemistry to subject to or undergo a change analogous to polymerization but with a union of two or more different monomers.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] co′po•lym′er•ise′. 

• copolymer + -ize 1935–40

co′po•lym′er•i•za′tion, n.