acidify

[uh-sid-uh-fahy]

verb (used with or without object), a·cid·i·fied, a·cid·i·fy·ing.

to make or become acid; convert into an acid.

to make or become sour.

Origin of acidify

First recorded in 1790–1800; acid + -ify

Related formsa·cid·i·fi·a·ble, adjectivea·cid·i·fi·ca·tion, nouna·cid·i·fi·er, nounre·a·cid·i·fi·ca·tion, nounre·a·cid·i·fy, verb, re·a·cid·i·fied, re·a·cid·i·fy·ing.sem·i·a·cid·i·fied, adjective

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Examples from the Web for acidification

Contemporary Examples of acidification

Fisheries, already stressed by pollution and over-harvesting, will now confront warming and acidification.
Climate Change Needs the Politics of the Impossible
Jedediah Purdy
April 6, 2014

Historical Examples of acidification

In one series the solutions were titrated directly, and after acidification in the other.
Chlorination of Water
Joseph Race
Three processes are thus employed in obtaining alcohol from molasses; dilution, acidification, and fermentation.
A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products
F. B. Wright
This leaves all the fine flavor in it, unmixed with flavors resulting from acidification.
Hints on Dairying
T. D. Curtis
The acidification of the sulphur by nitric or nitro-muriatic acid is likewise a slow and unpleasant operation.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
But without this exposure and acidification, the butter is insipid and comparatively flavorless.
Hints on Dairying
T. D. Curtis

British Dictionary definitions for acidification

acidify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to convert into or become acid

Derived Formsacidifiable, adjectiveacidification, nounacidifier, noun

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acidification in Medicine

acidify

[ə-sĭd′ə-fī′]

v.

To make or become acid.