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Webster 1913 Edition


Hepatize

Hep′a-tize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hepatized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hepatizing
.]
[Gr. [GREEK] to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], the liver: cf. E.
hepatite
, and (for sense 2) F.
hépatiser
.]
1.
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
On the right . . . were two wells of
hepatized
water.
Barrow.
2.
To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hepatize

HEP'ATIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To impregnate with sulphurated hydrogen gas.

Definition 2024


hepatize

hepatize

English

Verb

hepatize (third-person singular simple present hepatizes, present participle hepatizing, simple past and past participle hepatized)

  1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
    • Barrow
      On the right [] were two wells of hepatized water.
  2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.