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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vitrify

· Vit·ri·fy · IPA /ˈvɪt.ɹɪˌfaɪ/
01 v. t. To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying
  1. 1.
    To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
02 v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass.
  1. 1.
    To become glass; to be converted into glass.
    “Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire.” Arbuthnot.