Word Study
vitrify
CIDE DICTIONARY
To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. [1913 Webster]
vitrify, v. 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.For further exploring for "vitrify" in Webster Dictionary Online