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so·lid·i·fy

Audio Help [suh-lid-uh-fahy] Pronunciation Key verb, -fied, -fy·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.

2.	to unite firmly or consolidate.

3.	to form into crystals; make crystallized.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become solid.

5.	to form into crystals; become crystallized.

[Origin: 1790–1800; < F solidifier. See solid, -ify

]

—Related forms

so·lid·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty, so·lid·i·fi·a·ble·ness, noun

so·lid·i·fi·a·ble, adjective

so·lid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

so·lid·i·fi·er, noun

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so·lid·i·fy Audio Help   (sə-lĭd'ə-fī') Pronunciation Key
v.   so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies

v.   tr.

To make solid, compact, or hard.
To make strong or united.

v. intr.
To become solid or united.

so·lid'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.

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solidify
verb
1.	make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
2.	become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"

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soˈlidify [-difai] verb

to make or become solid

Arabic:	جَمِّد، يَتَجَمَّد
Chinese (Simplified):	使固化
Chinese (Traditional):	使固化
Czech:	ztuhnout, zpevnit (se)
Danish:	gøre fast; blive fast
Dutch:	(doen) stollen
Estonian:	tahkestama, kõvastuma
Finnish:	jähmettää, jähmettyä
French:	(se) solidifier
German:	fest machen
Greek:	στερεοποιώ, στεροποιούμαι
Hungarian:	(meg)szilárdít
Icelandic:	breyta(st) í fast efni
Indonesian:	mengeras
Italian:	solidificare, solidificarsi

Japanese:	固める
Korean:	…을 고체로 만들다, 응고시키다; 응고하다
Latvian:	sabiezēt; sacietēt; sabiezināt; sacietināt
Lithuanian:	kietinti, kietėti, tvirtinti, tvirtėti
Norwegian:	(få til å) stivne
Polish:	zestalać, krzepnąć
Portuguese (Brazil):	solidificar(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):	solidificar
Romanian:	a (se) solidifica
Russian:	делать твёрдым; затвердевать
Slovak:	(s)tuhnúť
Slovenian:	strditi (se)
Spanish:	solidificar
Swedish:	överföra (övergå) till fast form
Turkish:	katılaş(tır)mak