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. 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.