Hepatize
Pronunciation : Hep"a*tize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. h?patiser.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913