Mineralize

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To convert to a mineral; to petrify. transitive

    "in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves"

  2. 2
    transform (a metal) into an ore wordnet
  3. 3
    To impregnate with minerals. transitive

    "mineralized water"

  4. 4
    convert into a mineral substance wordnet
  5. 5
    To mineralogize; to collect and study minerals. intransitive

    "He was a senior when he asked Barnes if he ever went "mineralizing," referred admiringly to Bowdoin's Professor Cleaveland, and expressed a wish to "give a good knock about the rocks in Maine.""

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"in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves"

Etymology

From mineral + -ize.

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