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non-vitrified

[vi-truh-fahy] Origin

vit·ri·fy

[vi-truh-fahy]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.
to convert or be converted into glass.
2.
to make or become vitreous.

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

vit·ri·fi·a·bil·i·ty, noun
vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
non·vit·ri·fied, adjective
un·vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·vit·ri·fied, adjective
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Word Origin & History

vitrify
1594, from M.Fr. vitrifier (16c.), from L. vitrium "glass" (see vitreous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
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