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† corˈporify, v. Obs.
[f. L. type *corporificāre, f. corpor- body: see -fy: cf. mod.F. corporifier.]
1. trans. To cause to assume a body or material form; to solidify.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xiv. (1658) 160 These steams being thus corporified. 1686W. Harris Lemery's Chym. i. xiv. (ed. 3) 347 The Salt of Vinegar fixed into the pores of the Coral, as in an Earthy substance, proper to corporifie them. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 233 Water..hardens and corporifies it self into an Infinity of Figures.
2. To incorporate, unite into one body.
1667Observ. Burning of Lond. in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 449 Fire of itself is nothing but light which corporifieth itself in the matter. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 76 The Juices..become a solid Body by corporifying themselves with the Plant.
Hence corˈporified, corˈporifying ppl. adjs.
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. Pref. to Rdr., All Creatures, first those External and Corporeal..and then those Internal, Spiritual, and Corporifying ones. 1680Boyle Scep. Chem. ii. 112 A certain Spirituous Substance..by some mistaken for the Spirit of the World Corporify'd. |