nitrify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ni=tri=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

nitrify, v. t. [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See Niter.].

 To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nitrify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 impregnate with nitrogen.
2 convert (nitrogen, usu. in the form of ammonia) into nitrites or nitrates.

Derivative

nitrifiable adj. nitrification n.

Etymology

F nitrifier (as NITRE)