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nitrify


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nitrify  \Ni"tri*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nitrified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Nitrifying}.]  [Niter  +  -fy:  cf  F.  nitrifer.  See 
  {Niter}.]  (Chem.) 
  To  combine  or  impregnate  with  nitrogen;  to  convert,  by 
  oxidation,  into  nitrous  or  nitric  acid;  to  subject  to  or 
  produce  by  nitrification. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nitrify 
  v  1:  convert  into  nitrates 
  2:  cause  to  react  with  nitrogen 
  3:  treat  with  nitrates;  as  of  soil  [ant:  {denitrify}] 




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