torrefaction

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tor⋅re⋅fy

[tawr-uh-fahy, tor-]

–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.

1.	to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.

2.	Pharmacology. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.

3.	to roast, as metallic ores.

Also, torrify.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L torrefacere to make dry or hot, equiv. to torre-, s. of torrēre to dry up, parch, scorch + facere -fy; see torrid

Related forms:

tor⋅re⋅fac⋅tion [tawr-uh-fak-shuh

n, tor-]

, noun

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