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Webster 1913 Edition


Acidify

A-cid′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Acidified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Acidifying
.]
[L.
acidus
sour, acid +
-fy
: cf. F.
acidifier
.]
1.
To make acid; to convert into an acid;
as, to
acidify
sugar
.
2.
To sour; to imbitter.
His thin existence all
acidified
into rage.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acidify

ACID'IFY

,
Verb.
T.
[Acid and L. facio.]
To make acid; but appropriately to convert into an acid, chimically so called, by combination with any substance.

Definition 2024


acidify

acidify

English

Verb

acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)

  1. to make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
  2. to neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar
  3. to sour, to embitter.

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