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torrify

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tor⋅ri⋅fy

  [tawr-uh-fahy, tor-]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
torrefy.

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-shuhn, tor-] , noun
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