salify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
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to mix or combine with a salt.
verb
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to treat, mix with, or cause to combine with a salt
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to convert (a substance) into a salt
to salify ammonia by treatment with hydrochloric acid
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OBS.—Because sal, salis, in Latin, doubles not the l, the chemists write salify, salifiable, salification, saliferous, saline, salinous, saliniform, salifying, &c., with single l, contrary to Rule 3d.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
OBS.—Because sal, salis, in Latin, doubles not the l, the chemists write salify, salifiable, salification, saliferous, saline, salinous, saliniform, salifying, &c., with single l, contrary to Rule 3d.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
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