'Hepatizing' definitions:

Definition of 'Hepatizing'

From: GCIDE
  • Hepatize \Hep"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] [Gr. ? to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. h['e]patiser.]
  • 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. [1913 Webster]
  • On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs. [1913 Webster]