About The Word Vitrify
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Vitrify
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What's The Definition Of Vitrify?
[v] undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
[v] change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat Synonyms | Synonyms for Vitrify: Related Terms | Find terms related to Vitrify: Vitrify In Webster's Dictionary \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitrified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Vitrifying}.] [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.
\Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. --Arbuthnot. |
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