acidify

English

Etymology

From acid +‎ -fy, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

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

Translations

to make something acidic

Bulgarian: подкислявам (bg) Catalan: acidificar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 酸化 (cmn) (suānhuà) Dutch: verzuren (nl) Finnish: happamoittaa (fi), happamoitua (fi); hapottaa (fi), hapottua (fi) French: acidifier (fr)

German: sich säuern (de) (reflexive) Interlingua: acidificar (ia) Irish: aigéadaigh (ga) Italian: acidificare (it) Portuguese: acidificar (pt) Spanish: acidificar (es)

to neutralize alkalis

Finnish: hapottaa (fi)

Irish: aigéadaigh (ga)

to embitter

Finnish: katkeroittaa (fi), katkeroitua (fi)

Antonyms

(chemistry):

• alkalify
• basify