Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form or transform into metal; render metallic. Also spelled
metallise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with
metal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb coat with metal
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Examples
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India Rubber and begin to harden and metallize it?
The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Holland Thompson 1906
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It was also CGI and it was about these dinosaur fossils that would metallize and also "transform" into humanoid forms and fight against each other.
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