VITRIFY

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (convert into glassy substance): glassify

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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