'Mineralize' definitions:

Definition of 'mineralize'

From: WordNet
verb
Convert into a mineral substance
verb
Transform (a metal) into an ore

Definition of 'Mineralize'

From: GCIDE
  • Mineralize \Min"er*al*ize\, v. i. To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mineralize'

From: GCIDE
  • Mineralize \Min"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mineralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing.] [Cf. F. min['e]raliser.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To transform into a mineral. [1913 Webster]
  • In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. --Buckland. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To charge or impregnate with ore. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]