molecularize

molecular +‎ -ize

molecularize (third-person singular simple present molecularizes, present participle molecularizing, simple past and past participle molecularized)

1. (transitive) To make molecular; to convert to the level of molecules.
   • 1907, Frederic B. Wright, A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products:

     Plates simply perforated and uncapped give excellent results for they molecularize the vapor ascending through the liquid contained on the plates, but they require a constant pressure of vapor, and any variations of pressure tends to discharge them.