acidify

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations

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Latin acidus (“‘sour’”), acid +‎ -fy; compare French acidifier

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to acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)

1. make something acid or sour; to convert into an acid; to neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar
2. to sour, to embitter

   • His thin existence all acidified into rage. - Thomas Carlyle

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