Hypertext Webster Gateway: "solidifying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Solidify \So*lid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solidified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Solidifying}.] [Solid + -fy: cf. F. solidifier.]
To make solid or compact.
Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. --H.
Spencer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
solidifying
n : the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he
tested the set of the glue" [syn: {hardening}, {solidification},
{set}]
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