GRAN'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin granum.] 1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder or sugar. 2. To raise into small asperities; to make rough on the surface. GRAN'ULATE, verb intransitive To collect or be formed into grains; as cane-juice granulates into sugar; melted metals granulate when poured into water.
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