make or become acid; change into acid; make sour
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Acidify Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To sour; to imbitter.
To sour; to imbitter.
(v. t.)
To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
acidify
acidifier \a*cid"i*fi`er\ (&?;), n. (chem.) a simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
To change into acid.
Verb
1. make sour or more sour
(synonym) sour, acidulate, acetify
(hypernym) change taste
(derivation) acid
2. turn acidic; "the solution acetified"
(synonym) acetify
(antonym) alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
(hypernym) change state, turn
(derivation) acidification
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
