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English Dictionary: acidify by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acidify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acidify
v
  1. make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify]
    Antonym(s): dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten
  2. turn acidic; "the solution acetified"
    Synonym(s): acidify, acetify
    Antonym(s): alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. To sour; to imbitter.
  
                     His thin existence all acidified into rage.
                                                                              --Carlyle.
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