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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Granulate  \Gran"u*late\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Granulated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Granulating}.]  [See  {Granule}.] 
  1.  To  form  into  grains  or  small  masses;  as  to  granulate 
  powder,  sugar,  or  metal. 
 
  2.  To  raise  in  granules  or  small  asperities;  to  make  rough  on 
  the  surface. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Granulate  \Gran"u*late\,  v.  i. 
  To  collect  or  be  formed  into  grains;  as  cane  juice 
  granulates  into  sugar. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Granulate  \Gran"u*late\,  Granulated  \Gran"u*la`ted\,  a. 
  1.  Consisting  of  or  resembling,  grains;  crystallized  in 
  grains;  granular;  as  granulated  sugar. 
 
  2.  Having  numerous  small  elevations,  as  shagreen. 
 
  {Granulated  steel},  a  variety  of  steel  made  by  a  particular 
  process  beginning  with  the  granulation  of  pig  iron. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  granulate 
  v  1:  form  into  grains  [syn:  {grain}] 
  2:  become  granular  [syn:  {grain}] 
  3:  form  granulating  tissue,  as  of  wounds  and  ulcers 




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