acidify

3 definitions found

acidify - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. 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.
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     2. To sour; to imbitter.
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              His thin existence all acidified into rage.
                                                    --Carlyle.
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acidify - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acidify
      v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify,
           acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate,
           edulcorate, sweeten]
      2: turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: acidify,
         acetify] [ant: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize,
         basify]

acidify - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "acidify":
     acetify, acidulate, alkalify, alkalize, borate, carbonate,
     catalyze, chemical, chlorinate, electrolyze, ferment,
     homopolymerize, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize,
     nitrate, oxidize, pepsinate, peroxidize, phosphatize, polymerize,
     reduce, sour, sulfate, sulfatize, sulfonate, turn sour, work