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Definition of Agatize
1. v. t. To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.
Definition of Agatize
1. Verb. To convert a living thing into the form of agate; to fossilize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agatize
1. to cause to resemble agate [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agatize
Literary usage of Agatize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities: Including All which by Samuel Robinson (1825)
"agatize,d Wood, of the Missouri, by yellow quartz, and by chalcedony, are
distributed very plentifully along the shores of the Mississippi, ..."
2. Practical Orthography, Or, The Art of Teaching Spelling by Writing by William Bearcroft (1828)
"Corrections proposed, are marked with an interrogation point, thus, comprize ?
IZE. ISE. Advertise, B. jcw Advise, B. jcw agatize, wi». ..."
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