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vit⋅ri⋅fy

[vi-truh-fahy]
–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


vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
vit⋅ri⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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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.
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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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