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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.