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acidifying

acidifying is the present participle and gerund of acidify.

Meaning of acidify

Verb

acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)

  1. (transitive) To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
  2. (transitive) To neutralize alkalis.
    • to acidify sugar
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To sour; to embitter.
    • [H]is thin existence all acidified into rage1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 181

Questions about acidifying

What is acidifying the present participle and gerund of?
Acidifying is the present participle and gerund of acidify.

Words near acidifying in the dictionary

  1. acidified
  2. acidifier
  3. acidifiers
  4. acidifies
  5. acidify
  6. acidifying
  7. acidimeter
  8. acidimeters
  9. acidimetre
  10. acidimetres
  11. acidimetric

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