basify

[bey-suh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

basified, basifying 

1. to raise the pH of (a substance) above 7, thus making it alkaline.

basify

/ ˈbeɪsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to make basic

Other Word Forms

• basification noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of basify¹

First recorded in 1840–50; base ¹ + -ify

Example Sentences

The textile fabric is drawn through the alumina solution to fill the pores and tubes of the fabric; it is then passed through a weak alkaline bath to basify or render basic the aluminium salt in the pores; and then it is finally carried into the dye-bath and heated there, in order to precipitate the colour lake in the fibre.

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