peptize, peptise
(verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peptize (third-person singular simple present peptizes, present participle peptizing, simple past and past participle peptized)
To disperse in a medium so as to form a colloidal solution.
Alphaltenes have a tendency to aggregate and flocculate, but resins contained in the crude oil peptize them and keep them in solution.
Source: Wiktionary
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
