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Definition of vitrify verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vitrify

verb
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive] (specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they vitrify
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
he / she / it vitrifies
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/
past simple vitrified
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
past participle vitrified
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
-ing form vitrifying
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/
 
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. vitrify (something) to change or make something change into glass, or a substance like glass
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French vitrifier or based on Latin vitrum ‘glass’.
See vitrify in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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