vitrify

[ vi-truh-fahy ]

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verb (used with or without object),vit·ri·fied, vit·ri·fy·ing.

to convert or be converted into glass.
to make or become vitreous.

Origin of vitrify

1585–95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier

Other words from vitrify

vit·ri·fi·a·bil·i·ty, noun
vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
non·vit·ri·fied, adjective
un·vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·vit·ri·fied, adjective

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How to use vitrify in a sentence

One was transferred into my uterus, and the rest were vitrified, taking a return trip back to the dewar.
I took an international trip with my frozen eggs to learn about the fertility industry | Anna Louie Sussman | September 12, 2022 | MIT Technology Review
Seventhly, That all kind of vitrify'd substances, by being suddenly cool'd, become very hard and brittle.
Micrographia | Robert Hooke
This furnace must give a heat strong enough to vitrify lead, and therewith all the alloy which the perfect metals may contain.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. | Pierre Joseph Macquer
We cannot but suspect any medium under which the pigments will not vitrify.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 | Various
That is a splendid idea; and you might as well vitrify them.
The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island | Roger Thompson Finlay

British Dictionary definitions for vitrify

vitrify

/ (ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb-fies, -fying or -fied

to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance

Origin of vitrify

C16: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass

Derived forms of vitrify

vitrifiable, adjective
vitrifiability, noun

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