Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acidify"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acidify
v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: {sour}, {acidulate}, {acetify}]
[ant: {sweeten}]
2: turn acidic, as of solutions and substances [syn: {acetify}]
[ant: {alkalize}]
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