vitrify
[ vi-truh-fahy ]
/ ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ /
verb (used with or without object), vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing.
to convert or be converted into glass.
to make or become vitreous.
OTHER WORDS FROM vitrify
Words nearby vitrify
vitri-,
vitric,
vitrics,
vitrification,
vitriform,
vitrify,
vitrine,
vitriol,
vitriolic,
vitriolize,
vitrum
Example sentences from the Web for vitrify
We cannot but suspect any medium under which the pigments will not vitrify.
Seventhly, That all kind of vitrify'd substances, by being suddenly cool'd, become very hard and brittle.
Micrographia |Robert HookeThis furnace must give a heat strong enough to vitrify lead, and therewith all the alloy which the perfect metals may contain.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. |Pierre Joseph Macquer
British Dictionary definitions for vitrify
vitrify
/ (ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
Derived forms of vitrify
vitrifiable, adjective vitrifiability, nounWord Origin for vitrify
C16: from French
vitrifier, from Latin
vitrum glass