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unvitrified

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vit⋅ri⋅fy

  [vi-truh-fahy]
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–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; cf. F vitrifier

Related forms:
vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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