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vitrificating

vitrificating is the present participle and gerund of vitrificate.

Meaning of vitrificate

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]...

Questions about vitrificating

What is vitrificating the present participle and gerund of?
Vitrificating is the present participle and gerund of vitrificate.

Words near vitrificating in the dictionary

  1. vitrifiable
  2. vitrificable
  3. vitrificate
  4. vitrificated
  5. vitrificates
  6. vitrificating
  7. vitrification
  8. vitrifications
  9. vitrified
  10. vitrified clay pipe
  11. vitrified clay pipes

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