01 v. t. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
imp. & p. p.
Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hepatizing
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1.
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.“On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water.” — Barrow.
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2.
To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.