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

Antonyms

(chemistry):

• alkalify
• basify

Translations

to make something acidic

• Bulgarian: подкислявам (podkisljavam)
• Catalan: acidificar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酸化 (zh) (suānhuà)

• Dutch: verzuren (nl)
• Finnish: happamoittaa, happamoitua; hapottaa, hapottua
• French: acidifier (fr)
• German: säuern (de)

• Interlingua: acidificar
• Irish: aigéadaigh
• Italian: acidificare
• Maori: whakakawa
• Portuguese: acidificar (pt)
• Romanian: acidifica
• Russian: окисля́ть (ru) impf (okisljátʹ), оки́слить (ru) pf (okíslitʹ), подкисля́ть (ru) impf (podkisljátʹ), подки́слить (ru) pf (podkíslitʹ)
• Spanish: acidificar (es)

to neutralize alkalis

• Finnish: hapottaa

• Irish: aigéadaigh

to embitter

• Finnish: katkeroittaa, katkeroitua

• Maori: whakakawa