Vitrify definition
To change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion.
verb
To become vitreous.
verb
To change into glass or a glasslike substance, as by fusion due to heat; make or become vitreous.
verb
To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
verb
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Origin of vitrify
- French vitrifier from Medieval Latin vitrificāre Latin vitrum glass Latin -ficāre -fy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin vitrum (“glass") +"Ž -ify.
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