vitrify
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trəˌfaɪ verb (used with object), verb (used without object), vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing.
1.
to convert or be converted into glass.
2.
to make or become vitreous.
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance | |
| [C16: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass] | |
| 'vitrifiable | |
| —adj | |
| vitrifia'bility | |
| —n | |
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Vitrify
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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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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Example sentences
Another concern is the cooling rate needed to vitrify large organs.
Potters may apply glazes to an air-dried object so that glaze and body vitrify together in a single firing.
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