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▪ I. granulate, a.|ˈgrænjʊleɪt|
[f. as prec. + -ate2 2.]
= granulated ppl. a. 2.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Granulata radix, a granulate root. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 273 Granulate (Granulata), beset with many granules like shagreen. 1852Dana Crust. i. 464 Hands elongate..granulate above and somewhat pilose. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 231 Arbutus..berry globose, granulate.
¶ In pseudo-L. combining form granulato-, as granulato-capitate, granulato-costate, granulato-serrulate, granulato-striate adjs.
1852Dana Crust. i. 169, 217, 418. 1887 Phillips Brit. Discomyc. 246.
▪ II. granulate, v.|ˈgrænjʊleɪt|
[f. as prec. + -ate3.]
1. trans. To form into granules or grains.
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 370 We take then the finest Gold we can procure, and having either Granulated it or Laminated it [etc.]. 1670W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 30 Gun-powder, which is of greater power granulated. 1787M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) II. 398 The sap is..granulated, by the simple operation of boiling. 1794G. Smith Laboratory I. 102 Take one part of yellow arsenic, and one part of copper, and melt and granulate. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 719 The gold to be mixed should be previously granulated. 1861W. H. Russell in Times 12 July, The juice of the cane is expressed, boiled, granulated, and prepared for the refiner. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 191/2 The metal is first granulated, by throwing it while melted into cold water.
b. intr. for refl. To take the form of granules or grains; to become granular.
1667Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 193 The Juyce of Wine, when it is dry'd, does alwayes granulate into Sugar. 1681Grew Mus. Reg. Soc. 224 The principal knack..is in making the Juyce, when sufficiently boil'd to kerne or granulate. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 287 Its stalk is employed to bring sugar to a good grain when it..cannot be made to granulate properly by the application of lime alone. 1839Clarke Trav. Russ. 53 They place it in a caldron over a charcoal fire, until the powder begins to granulate.
2. trans. To raise in granules or small asperities; to roughen the surface of.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 120 The gullet..thick set, or as it were granulated, with a multitude of Glandules. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 319 When the Dura Mater is granulated with flesh, the sindon or lint, moistened with..Tinct. Myrrhæ and Aq. Calcis, is a good application.
b. To unite (two surfaces) as if by granulation.
1846Landor Minor Prose Pieces Wks. II. 458/2 They are all grafts, imperfectly granulated on an uncongenial stock.
3. intr. in Path. Of a wound, ulcer, etc.: To develop a number of small prominences, producing a roughened appearance, as if sprinkled with granules.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 180 The Flesh must granulate, otherwise such Wounds could never heal. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 87 Mr. Hunter tried various stimulating means to induce the cyst to granulate. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 604/2 Few or no abscesses granulate till they are exposed. 1879T. Bryant Pract. Surg. II. 5 The wound that is left being allowed to granulate. |