Metallize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.

    "He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it."

  2. 2
    coat with metal wordnet

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metalize

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"He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it."

Etymology

From metal + -ize.

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