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devitrify

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de⋅vit⋅ri⋅fy

  [dee-vi-truh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
Use devitrify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. Chemistry. to deprive, wholly or partly, of vitreous character or properties.
–verb (used without object)
2. Petrology. (of a volcanic rock or particle) to undergo a change in texture from glassy to crystalline.
Origin:
1825–35; de- + vitrify

Related forms:
de⋅vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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de·vit·ri·fy   (dē-vĭt'rə-fī')   
tr.v.   de·vit·ri·fied, de·vit·ri·fy·ing, de·vit·ri·fies
To cause (a glassy material) to become crystalline and brittle.
de·vit'ri·fi'a·ble adj., de·vit'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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