▪ I. † ˈpulverizate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. pulverizāt-us, pa. pple. of late L. pulverizāre to pulverize.]
Pulverized, reduced to powder.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. xi. vi. in Ashm. (1652) 182 Lyke as Saffron when yt ys pulveryzate. |
▪ II. † ˈpulverizate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of late L. pulverizāre: see prec.]
trans. = pulverize.
| 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 49 b/1 That all these Poulders be verye diminutlye pulverisated. 1599 ― tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 1/2 Pulverisate it verye smalle. 1604–13 R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Puluerisated, beaten or broken into dust, or powder. |