Peptize (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

Synonyms:

peptise; peptize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "peptize" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

peptization (the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution)

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