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verb
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To convert into a substance resembling liver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Ancient Greek [Term?] to be like the liver, to be liver-coloured: compare English hepatite, and (for sense 2) French hépatiser.
