autolyze [awt-l-ahyz]Biochemistry WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object), au·to·lyzed, au·to·lyz·ing. to cause to undergo autolysis. verb (used without object), au·to·lyzed, au·to·lyz·ing. to undergo autolysis. Liberaldictionary.com
Also especially British, au·to·lyse. Origin of autolyze 1900–05; back formation from autolysis, on the model of analyze Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for autolyse autolyse US autolyze verb biochem to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012