salifying

Variant of salify

transitive verb salified, salifying

to make salty; specif.,
  1. to impregnate with salt
  2. to form a salt with; convert into a salt
  3. to combine with a salt

Origin: Fr salifier < L sal, salt + -ficare, -fy

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