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.