Search Result for "mineralizing": 

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mineralize \Min"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mineralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing.] [Cf. F. min['e]raliser.] [1913 Webster] 1. To transform into a mineral. [1913 Webster] In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. --Buckland. [1913 Webster] 2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water. [1913 Webster] 3. To charge or impregnate with ore. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]