GASIFY

gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify

(verb) turn into gas; “The substance gasified”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

gasify (third-person singular simple present gasifies, present participle gasifying, simple past and past participle gasified)

To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

Source: Wiktionary


Gas"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gasified; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasifying.] Etym: [Gas + -fy.]

Definition: To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

Gas"i*fy, v. i.

Definition: To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. Scientific American.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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