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vitrificate

vitrificate verb: to convert into glass; to vitrify.

Verb

vitrificate (third-person singular simple present vitrificates, present participle vitrificating, simple past and past participle vitrificated)

  1. (obsolete) To convert into glass; to vitrify.
    • glasses of divers kinds ; and amongst them 'some of metals vitrificated1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...

Forms of vitrificate

third-person singular presentvitrificates
present participlevitrificating
past participlevitrificated
pastvitrificated

Questions about vitrificate

What does vitrificate mean?
Vitrificate means to convert into glass; to vitrify.
What part of speech is vitrificate?
Vitrificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of vitrificate?
The past tense of vitrificate is vitrificated.

Words near vitrificate in the dictionary

  1. vitrifaction
  2. vitrifacture
  3. vitrifiability
  4. vitrifiable
  5. vitrificable
  6. vitrificate
  7. vitrificated
  8. vitrificates
  9. vitrificating
  10. vitrification
  11. vitrifications

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