PEPTIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peptize mean? 

• PEPTIZE (verb)
  The verb PEPTIZE has 1 sense:

1. disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

  Familiarity information: PEPTIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPTIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they peptize    ... he / she / it peptizes   
Past simple: peptized   
Past participle: peptized   
-ing form: peptizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

peptise; peptize

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)