Definition of Basifying

1. Verb. (present participle of basify) ¹

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Definition of Basifying

1. basify [v] - See also: basify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basifying

basidiospores
basidiosporous
basifacial
basifacial axis
basification
basifications
basified
basifier
basifiers
basifies
basifixed
basifugal
basify
basifying (current term)
basigynia
basigynium
basihyal
basihyals
basihyoid
basihyoids
basil
basil balm
basil mint
basil thyme
basilar
basilar angle
basilar apophysis
basilar artery

Literary usage of Basifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... basifying. basilic, m. (Bot.) basil, esp. sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) ; basilisk. basique, a. basic. baso p hile, a. (Biol. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1833)
"basifying power of hydrogen.—The gaseous compounds of hydrogen may be divided into several groups. 1°. Its compounds with chlorine, bromine, iodine, ..."

3. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by John Arthur Phillips (1884)
"... Mr. Wallace observes "it would appear that either lead in connection with some basifying principle must enter, in varying proportions, as a component ..."

4. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1862)
"In his concluding remarks luj considers that from the evidence brought together it would appear il»: either lead or some basifying principle must enter in ..."

5. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology and Physical Geography by David Page (1865)
"An elementary acidifying and basifying substance, discovered by Berzelius in 1818 in the iron pyrites of Fahlun. In its general chemical habitudes it ..."

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