agatize

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verb

To convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.

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Meanings

verbagatize (third-person singular simple present agatizes, present participle agatizing, simple past and past participle agatized)

present singular third person agatizes · participle present agatizing · participle past agatized · past agatized

  1. transitiveTo convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.

    polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods from Arizona

    1887 October, Popular Science, volume 31, number 46, page 859

Origin

From agate + -ize.

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Chicago

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