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† meteorize, v. Obs. or arch.
[ad. Gr. µετεωρίζειν to elevate (µετεωριζόµενος suffering from flatulency), f. µετέωρο-ς raised, lofty: see meteor and -ize. Cf. F. météoriser.]
1. trans. To vaporize, convert into vapour. Also intr. to become vaporized, pass into the air in vapour. Only in Evelyn, who uses it frequently.
1657–83Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 27 The grosser exhalations are meteorized, circulated, and condensed into clouds. 1664― Sylva (1679) 29 The dew that impearls the leaves [of oaks] in May, insolated, meteorizes and sends up a liquor, which is of admirable effect in ruptures. 1675― Terra (1676) 173 Of all Waters, that which descends from Heaven, we find to be the richest.., as having been already meteoriz'd, and circulated in that great digestory.
2. intr. To resemble a meteor; to flash, sparkle.
1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 268 It was imperative upon them to scintillate—to coruscate—to meteorize—to make the natives..believe that ‘a new sun had risen on mid-day’.
3. trans. To affect with meteorism.
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