acidify
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified) (transitive)
- To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
- To neutralize alkalis.
- to acidify sugar
- (figurative) To sour; to embitter.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- His thin existence all acidified into rage.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to make something acidic
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to neutralize alkalis
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to embitter
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