transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·fied·, -·fy·ing to change into glass or a glasslike substance, as by fusion due to heat; make or become vitreous
Origin of vitrify
French vitrifier from Classical Latin vitrum, glass + French -fier, -fyvitrify
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vitrify
verb
vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing, vit·ri·fiesverb
transitiveTo change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion.
verb
intransitiveTo become vitreous.
Origin of vitrify
French vitrifier from Medieval Latin vitrificāre Latin vitrum glass Latin -ficāre -fyRelated Forms:
- vit′ri·fi′a·bil′i·ty
noun
- vit′ri·fi′a·ble
adjective
- vit′ri·fi·ca′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present vitrifies, present participle vitrifying, simple past and past participle vitrified)
- To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
- (intransitive) To be converted into glass, especially through heat.
Origin
From Latin vitrum (“glass") +"Ž -ify.
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