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Webster 1913 Edition


Volatilize

Vol′a-til-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Volatilized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Volatilizing
.]
[Cf. F.
volatiliser
.]
To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor.
The water . . . dissolving the oil, and
volatilizing
it by the action.
Sir I. Newton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Volatilize

VOL'ATILIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor or invisible effluvia, and to rise and float in the air.
The water - dissolving the oil, and volatilizing it by the action.