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vitrify |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitrified}; p. pr & vb n. {Vitrifying}.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make See {Vitreous}, {-fy}.] To convert into or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vitrify v 1: change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat 2: undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
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