acetifications

Noun

acetification (usually uncountable, plural acetifications)

1. (usually) The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
   • There is a great Secret in Acetification known perhaps but to very few: those who have it, may, with Dr. Stahl, convert perfectly rectified Spirit of Wine into Vinegar, and produce strong and noble Vinegar, from exceedingly cheap Commodities in the space of a very few days, even in the Winter.1733, Peter Shaw, M. D., Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon […] with Occasional Notes, to Explain what is Obscure and shew how far the several Plans of the Author, for the Advancement of all the...