mineralize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb convert into a mineral substance
  2. verb transform (a metal) into an ore

WordNet

Min"er*al*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. minéraliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mineralized ; present participle & verbal noun Mineralizing
Definitions
  1. To transform into a mineral.
    In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland.
  2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.
Min"er*al*ize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Webster 1913