peptize

English

Alternative forms

• peptise

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pep‧tize

Verb

peptize (third-person singular simple present peptizes, present participle peptizing, simple past and past participle peptized)

1. 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.