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Acidify

//əˈsɪdɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. transitive
  2. 2
    turn acidic wordnet
  3. 3
    To neutralize alkalis. transitive

    "to acidify sugar"

  4. 4
    make sour or more sour wordnet
  5. 5
    To sour; to embitter. figuratively, transitive

    "[H]is thin existence all acidified into rage"

Etymology

From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.

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