serpentinize

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sûr′pən tē′nīz)


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ser•pen•tin•ize  (sûr′pən tē′nīz),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. [Mineral.]
  1. Mineralogyto convert (a mineral or rock) into serpentine.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] ser′pen•tin′ise. 
  • serpentine2 + -ize 1785–95
ser′pen•tin′i•za′tion, n. 


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