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Vitrify
Pronunciation : Vit"ri*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.]
Definition : Defn: To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Vit"ri*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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