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Main Entry: vit.ri.fy
Pronunciation: 'vi-tr&-"fI
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum
glass
Date: 1594
Inflected Form(s): -fied; -fy.ing
transitive senses : to convert into glass or a glassy
substance by heat and fusion
intransitive senses : to become vitrified
- vit.ri.fi.able /"vi-tr&-'fI-&-b&l/ adjective
- vit.ri.fi.ca.tion /"vi-tr&-f&-'kA-sh&n/ noun





--- William Maurer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hey, is the word "vitrify" meaning to convert or be
> converted into glass? I
> see on the web there are tiles made this way. A
> similar word - vitrine - is
> a cabinet with glass on front, sides and top and is
> familiar to museum
> folks.
>


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