• (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation. • (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/carbonize/
Car'bon·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Carbonized ; present participle & verbal noun Carbonizing .] [ Confer French carboniser .] 1. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/24