Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

granulate
     v 1: form into grains [syn: {grain}]
     2: become granular [syn: {grain}]
     3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"