Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To disperse (a precipitate) to form a colloid.

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  • verb disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek peptein, to digest; see pekw- in Indo-European roots + –ize.]

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