laterize

• laterise

laterize (third-person singular simple present laterizes, present participle laterizing, simple past and past participle laterized)

1. To convert to laterite.
   • 1921, Mining Magazine - Volume 25, page 376:

     Among the former quartz reefs are the most obvious,since they do not laterize and often stand out in bold relief from the red soil surrounding them.

   • 1970, The Indochina Story: A Fully Documented Account, page 115:

     Thirty percent of Vietnamese soil has the potential to laterize.

   • 1973, Thomas Duval Roberts & ‎Benjamin Nimer, Area handbook for Ivory Coast, page 44:

     They are subject, however, to heavy leaching, and unless protected by an ample covering of vegetation, they too tend to laterize.

• laterization

• Ezralite, ziraleet