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vitrify

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Verb (usu participle)
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vit=ri=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

vitrifyv. t. [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.].
     To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.  [1913 Webster]
vitrifyv. t. 
     To become glass; to be converted into glass.  [1913 Webster]
    "Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vitrify, v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) convert or be converted into glass or a glasslike substance esp. by heat.

Derivative
vitrifaction n. vitrifiable adj. vitrification n.
Etymology
F vitrifier or med.L vitrificare (as VITREOUS)

ROGET THESAURUS

vitrify

Hardness

VB render hard, harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify, accrust.


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