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acidify
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make sour or more sour [syn: sour , acidulate , acetify ] [ant: sweeten ] turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: acetify ] [ant: alkalize ] [also: acidified ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Again, acidifying old water is not suitable. ▪ Because cryptocorynes acidify the water, they form a favorable medium for the survival and spawning of many popular fish species. ▪ Bennett and Williams suggest that the cells of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Acidifying .] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 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.
Usage examples of acidify.
Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.
The bismuth is precipitated by the addition of ammonic carbonate, and the solution, after filtering and acidifying with nitric acid, is re-electrolysed.
The filtered solution is acidified with hydrochloric acid, warmed, and precipitated with sodium sulphite.
The acidified landscape could scarcely support vegetation, and gaunt crags, bare and rocky, loomed above the road.
This having been ascertained, the remainder of the fluid was evaporated nearly to dryness, and acidified with sulphuric acid.
Aspirin was acetylsalicylic acid, and if it was taken in sufficient quantities, it would acidify you.
Suddenly I seemed in possession of a trick appointment book, its pages now porous, unable to hold my writing, or acidified, so as to render my ink invisible, or even with whole days missing.
The resin is prepared by making a tincture of the rhizome, removing from this the greater part of the spirit by distillation and pouring the remaining liquor into water acidified with hydrochloric acid.