What is "hepatize"

Hepatize \Hep"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hepatizing.] [Gr. ? to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. E. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. h['e]patiser.]

1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas.

   On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water.
   --Barrow.

2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

vb. 1 To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called ''hepatic gas''). 2 To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.