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Webster 1913 Edition


Nitrify

Ni′tri-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nitrified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Nitrifying
.]
[
Niter
+
-fy
: cf. F.
nitrifer
. See
Niter
.]
(Chem.)
To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nitrify

NITRIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L.] To form into niter.