acidify
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Etymology
From acid + -ifyCategory:English terms suffixed with -ify#ACIDIFY, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ACIDIFY acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.
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Verb
acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)Category:English lemmas#ACIDIFYCategory:English verbs#ACIDIFYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ACIDIFYCategory:Pages with entries#ACIDIFYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ACIDIFY (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ACIDIFY)
- To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
- To neutralize alkalis.
- to acidify sugarCategory:English terms with collocations#ACIDIFY
- (figurative) To sour; to embitter.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 181:
- [H]is thin existence all acidified into rageCategory:English terms with quotations#ACIDIFY
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to make something acidic
to neutralize alkalis
to embitter
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