Meaning

1 senses

  1. To disperse in a medium so as to form a colloidal solution.

    Alphaltenes have a tendency to aggregate and flocculate, but resins contained in the crude oil peptize them and keep them in solution.

    disperse in a medium into a colloidal state

Forms

peptizes, peptizing, peptized, peptized
Base formpeptize · to peptize
3rd person singularpeptizes
Present participlepeptizing
Past simplepeptized
Past participlepeptized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypeptize
he, she, itpeptizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspeptized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave peptized
he, she, ithas peptized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill peptize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • disperse in a medium into a colloidal state:peptise

Word family

3 related words
Relatedpeptization
Derivedpeptizablepeptizer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pepperA2peppercornpeppermintpepperoniperB1perceiveB2
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