deacidify

[dee-uh-sid-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), de·a·cid·i·fied, de·a·cid·i·fy·ing. Chemistry.

to remove acid from (a substance).

to reduce the acidity of (a substance).

Origin:
de- + acidify

Related forms

de·a·cid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

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Deacidify is always a great word to know.

So is retort. Does it mean:

existing as free, uncombined atoms

a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat

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