vitrify

[ vi-truh-fahy ]

/ ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with or without object), vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing.

to convert or be converted into glass.

to make or become vitreous.

Origin of vitrify

1585–95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier

OTHER WORDS FROM vitrify

vit·ri·fi·a·bil·i·ty, nounvit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjectivenon·vit·ri·fied, adjectiveun·vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective

un·vit·ri·fied, adjective

Words nearby vitrify

vitri-, vitric, vitrics, vitrification, vitriform, vitrify, vitrine, vitriol, vitriolic, vitriolize, vitrum

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Example sentences from the Web for vitrify

We cannot but suspect any medium under which the pigments will not vitrify.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847|Various
Seventhly, That all kind of vitrify'd substances, by being suddenly cool'd, become very hard and brittle.
Micrographia|Robert Hooke
This furnace must give a heat strong enough to vitrify lead, and therewith all the alloy which the perfect metals may contain.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer

British Dictionary definitions for vitrify

vitrify

/ (ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance

Derived forms of vitrify

vitrifiable, adjectivevitrifiability, noun

Word Origin for vitrify

C16: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass

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单词	vitrify
释义	vitrify [ vi-truh-fahy ] / ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vitrify ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with or without object), vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing. to convert or be converted into glass. to make or become vitreous. Origin of vitrify 1585–95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier OTHER WORDS FROM vitrify vit·ri·fi·a·bil·i·ty, nounvit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjectivenon·vit·ri·fied, adjectiveun·vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective un·vit·ri·fied, adjective Words nearby vitrify vitri-, vitric, vitrics, vitrification, vitriform, vitrify, vitrine, vitriol, vitriolic, vitriolize, vitrum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vitrify We cannot but suspect any medium under which the pigments will not vitrify. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847\|Various Seventhly, That all kind of vitrify'd substances, by being suddenly cool'd, become very hard and brittle. Micrographia\|Robert Hooke This furnace must give a heat strong enough to vitrify lead, and therewith all the alloy which the perfect metals may contain. Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.\|Pierre Joseph Macquer British Dictionary definitions for vitrify vitrify / (ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ) / verb -fies, -fying or -fied to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance Derived forms of vitrify vitrifiable, adjectivevitrifiability, noun Word Origin for vitrify C16: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vitrify rub, coat, consolidate, nerve, set, buttress, thicken, strengthen, stiffen, freeze, amalgamate, reinforce, fortify, close, toughen, petrify, jell, compact, bake, fix
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vitrify

verb (used with or without object), vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing.

Origin of vitrify

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British Dictionary definitions for vitrify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

Derived forms of vitrify

Word Origin for vitrify

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