agatize

verb

agatize

verb

Etymology From agate + -ize.

1

To convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.

  • polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods from Arizona1887 October, Popular Science, volume 31, number 46, page 859:

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