\Hep"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hepatized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hepatizing}.] [Gr. ? to be like the liver, to be
liver-colored, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for
sense 2) F. h['e]patiser.]
1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly
   called hepatic gas.

         On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized
         water.                                --Barrow.

2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.