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gran⋅u⋅late

  [gran-yuh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to form into granules or grains.
2. to raise in granules; make rough on the surface.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become granular or grainy.
4. Pathology. to form granulation tissue.
Origin:
1660–70; granule + -ate 1

Related forms:
gran⋅u⋅lat⋅er, gran⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
gran⋅u⋅la⋅tive  [gran-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv] , adjective
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Blades Machinery Co. Inc
 Over 500 new & used granulators in stock
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Granulation / Granulating
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gran·u·late   (grān'yə-lāt')   
v.   gran·u·lat·ed, gran·u·lat·ing, gran·u·lates

v.   tr.
  1. To form into grains or granules.
  2. To make rough and grainy.
v.   intr.
To become granular or grainy.
gran'u·la'tive adj., gran'u·la'tor n.
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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.

Granulate

Gran"u*late\, v. i. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: gran·u·late
Pronunciation: 'gran-y&-"lAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed; -lat·ing
transitivesenses
: to form or crystallize (as sugar) into grains or granules granulate intransitive senses
: to form granulations granulating and free from slough —R. H. Nyquist>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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