Hepatizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hepatize \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. h['e]patiser.]
     1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly
        called hepatic gas.


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              On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized
              water.                                --Barrow.
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     2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
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