acidify
[uh-sid-uh-fahy]
verb (used with or without object), a·cid·i·fied, a·cid·i·fy·ing.
Origin of acidify
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embitter, spoil, exacerbate, fester, ripen, simmer, thicken, acerbate, condense, clot, turn, ferment, congeal, coagulate, acidulate, clabber, exasperate, envenom, curdle, disenchantExamples from the Web for acidify
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Acidify as nitric acid, precipitate as silver chloride by sodium chloride or hydrochloric acid, and reduce as vide III, below.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Acidify with glacial acetic acid, shake a moment, and then make alkaline with ammonium hydrate.
The Starvation Treatment of DiabetesLewis Webb Hill
Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Acidify the liquor with nitric and boil down to about 100 c.c.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Extract with water, acidify with acetic acid, and estimate volumetrically as described under Sulphur.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
acidify
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
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acidify
[ə-sĭd′ə-fī′]
v.
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