Hēp'a-tize, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. HEPATIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. HEPATIZING.] [Gr. ἡπατίζειν, to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, from ἧπαρ, ἥπατος, the liver.]
Sense 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas.
On the right of the river were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.
Sense 2. To gorge with effused matter; as, hepatized lungs.