vit·ri·fy (vĭt'rə-fī') v.
vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing, vit·ri·fies
v.
tr. To change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion. v.
intr. To become vitreous.
[French vitrifier, from Medieval Latin vitrificāre : Latin vitrum, glass + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] vit'ri·fi'a·bil'i·ty n., vit'ri·fi'a·ble adj., vit'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.