porphyrize

English

Etymology

Compare French porphyriser.

Verb

porphyrize (third-person singular simple present porphyrizes, present participle porphyrizing, simple past and past participle porphyrized)

1. (transitive) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted like porphyry.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “porphyrize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)