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Definition of Acidify
1. Verb. Make sour or more sour.
Generic synonyms: Change Taste
Derivative terms: Acetum, Acetum, Acid, Acid, Sour, Sour
Antonyms: Sweeten
2. Verb. Turn acidic. "The solution acetified"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Acetum, Acid, Acidification
Antonyms: Alkalize
Definition of Acidify
1. v. t. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
Definition of Acidify
1. Verb. to make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. ¹
2. Verb. to neutralize alkalis, as to '''acidify''' sugar ¹
3. Verb. to sour, to embitter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acidify
1. to convert into an acid [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Medical Definition of Acidify
1. 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. 2. To sour; to imbitter. "His thin existence all acidified into rage." (Carlyle) Origin: L. Acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. Acidifier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidify
Literary usage of Acidify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... such as water, lime, soda, or potash, is present to take the place of the
oxide of glyceryl to acidify the ..."
2. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in Qualitative Work, with Data for by Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson (1901)
"(}) Solution of potassium permanganate acidified with sulphuric acid is reduced
by nitrites (distinction from nitrates). 9. Estimation.—acidify with acetic ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry: For by Ernst Leopold Salkowski, William Ridgely Orndorff (1904)
"... evaporate the alcoholic extract and, when perfectly cold, acidify strongly
with hydrochloric acid. The hippuric acid separates as a crystalline paste. ..."
4. Outlines of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by Frank Austin Gooch, Philip Embury Browning (1906)
"(1) If chromium is known to be absent, acidify slightly with HC1, absorb in
turmeric-paper, ... (2) In case CrO4 is known to be present, acidify with HC1, ..."
5. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"Filter off the precipitate and acidify the nitrate slightly with dilute acetic acid.
... acidify with nitric acid, add molybdic solution, and warm gently. ..."
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