• (v. t.) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs. • (v. t.) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.
Hep'a·tize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hepatized ; present participle & verbal noun Hepatizing .] [ Greek ... to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, from ..., ..., the liver: confer English hepatite , and (for...