verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cause to become alkaline, more basic and less acidic. transitive
2. 2
   turn basic and less acidic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

basifyacetifyacidifyacidulatealkalifyalkalify

Antonyms

All antonyms

acidify

Etymology

From alkali + -ize.