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Webster 1913 Edition

Acidify

A-cid′i-fy

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Acidified

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Acidifying

.]

[L.

acidus

sour, acid +

-fy

: cf. F.

acidifier

.]

1.

To make acid; to convert into an acid;

as, to

acidify

sugar

.

2.

To sour; to imbitter.

His thin existence all

acidified

into rage.

Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acidify

ACID'IFY

,

Verb.

T.

[Acid and L. facio.]

To make acid; but appropriately to convert into an acid, chimically so called, by combination with any substance.