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gelatinize, v.|dʒɪˈlætɪnaɪz|
[f. gelatin + -ize.]
1. intr. To assume the character of a jelly; to become gelatinous.
1809Home in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 186 It could not be brought to gelatinize by the usual method of evaporation. 1819J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 305 Silica gelatinizes when hydrochloric acid is added to a solution of silicated potassa. 1867Fownes' Chem. 550 The strained solution gelatinizes on cooling. 1890Abney Treat. Photogr. (ed. 6) 115 Washing the whole bulk of the emulsion after allowing it to gelatinise by evaporation of the solvents.
2. trans. To render gelatinous or jelly-like.
1843Pereira Food & Diet (L.) They are easily gelatinized. 1853C. Morfit Tanning, etc. 20 The tissue is gelatinized. 1881Atkinson in Nature No. 622. 509 By exposing the softened rice-grains to the action of dry steam..the starch is gelatinised.
3. To coat with gelatin.
1890[see gelatinized ppl. a.].
Hence geˈlatinized ppl. a.; geˈlatinizing vbl. n., the action of the vb., also attrib.
1819J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 286 The acid is drained off from the gelatinized juice [of fruit]. 1853Ure Dict. Arts I. 895 It possesses a gelatinizing force superior even to isinglass. 1883Knowledge 24 Aug. 120/2 The gelatinising of starch. 1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 228 Collodion films require greater body than gelatinized surfaces. |