Definitions for: Vitrify


[v] undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
[v] change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat



Webster (1913) Definition: Vit"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Vitrifying.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass +
-ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.]
To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy
substance, by heat and fusion.


Vit"ri*fy, v. t.
To become glass; to be converted into glass.

Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined,
which will not vitrify in the fire. --Arbuthnot.

See Also: alter, change

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