serpentinize, v.
(ˈsɜːpəntɪnaɪz)
[f. serpentine n. or a. + -ize.]
1. intr. = serpentine v. 1.
| 1791 T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 248 The venerable beauties of Innerpaffray, fronting Castle Drummond, in a concavity of the serpentinizing Ern. 1798 W. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 18 Extensive lawns through which a river serpentinizes. |
2. trans. (Geol.) To convert into serpentine.
| 1886 [see peridotitic a.]. 1889 Amer. Nat. Nov. 1007 Scyelite..consists of serpentinized olivine, altered augite, bleached mica. 1899 Nat. Sci. XV. 173 The ferro-magnesian minerals are more or less serpentinised. |