vitrify
(verb) undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
vitrify
(verb) change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vitrify (third-person singular simple present vitrifies, present participle vitrifying, simple past and past participle vitrified)
(transitive) 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.
• (convert into glassy substance): glassify
Source: Wiktionary
Vit"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying.] Etym: [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.]
Definition: To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Vit"ri*fy, v. t.
Definition: To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
