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agatize, v.|ˈægətaɪz| [f. agate n. + -ize.] To convert into agate; to give the appearance of agate to. (Chiefly, if not exclusively, in pa. pple.)
1638Reliq. Wotton. (1672) 476 Some good Flints to be Agatized by your miraculous invention. 1850Dana Geol. ix. 483 Many [masses] are simply silicified or agatized. |