Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Granulate
Gran′u·late (·lāt), 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.
Gran′u·late, v. i. To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.
Gran′u·late, 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.