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porphyrize, v.|ˈpɔːfɪraɪz|
[f. porphyr- + -ize. So, in sense 1, F. porphyriser (Dict. Trévoux).]
1. trans. To pound or triturate on a slab of porphyry or the like.
1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 151 The iron is reduced to an impalpable powder, which must be porphyrized, and ordered as occasion requires.
2. To cause to resemble porphyry.
1828in Webster.
Hence porphyriˈzation (so F. porphyrisation).
1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 32 Porphyrization or levigation is an operation by means of which very hard substances..are reduced to an impalpable powder. 1842–57in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex. |