CAUTERIZE Meaning of CAUTERIZE in English [cau.ter.ize] vt -ized ; -iz.ing (14c) 1: to sear with a cautery or caustic 2: to make insensible: deaden "must oust the feeling, or ~ it --Robert Craft" -- cau.ter.iza.tion n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012