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acidifying, ppl. a.|əˈsɪdɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. acidify + -ing2.]
Forming an acid; that combines so as to form an acid.
1784Cavendish in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 152 Another thing which Mr. Lavoisier endeavours to prove is, that dephlogisticated air is the acidifying principle. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exper. Phil. I. ix. 360 Called by M. Lavoisier the oxygenous or acidifying principle. 1822J. Imison Science & Art II. 54 It has lately been discovered, that hydrogen, like oxygen, is an acidifying principle. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 84 Malic acid..is also almost the sole acidifying principle of the berries of the Mountain Ash. 1851Richardson Geol. v. 83 The erroneous idea of oxygen being the general acidifying principle. |