Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIN'ER-AL-IZE, v.t. [from mineral.]

1. In mineralogy, to combine with a metal in forming an ore or mineral. Sulphur mineralizes many of the metals.
2. To convert into a mineral. In these caverns, the bones are not mineralized. – Buckland.
3. To impregnate with a mineral substance; as, to mineralize water.