gasifyv.
/ˈɡasᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈɡæsəˌfaɪ/ 1. transitive. To convert (a substance) into gas by chemical or physical means; to produce gas from.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > make into gas or produce gas from [verb (transitive)]
gasify1802
1802 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 1 468 Nitric gas, holding in solution carburated sulphur gasified by it, is inflammable like other gases.
1871 Proc. 19th Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 52 The meteor..is first heated to flame, then gasified, and finally dissipated.
1919 Amer. Gas Engin. Jrnl. 29 Mar. Solid fuels must be gasified before combustion will take place.
1973 Nature 7 Dec. 326/2 The well established Lurgi process is used to gasify the coal almost completely and a gas of low calorific value..is produced.
2009 Private Eye 1 May 26/3 It will, the company claims, supply 38 percent of Chesterfield's electricity by ‘gasifying’ waste.
2. intransitive. To be converted into a gas.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > become gas [verb (intransitive)]
gasify1881
1881 Sci. Amer. 44 324 Liquid ammonia gasifies under considerable pressure at ordinary atmospheric temperatures.
1900 Physical Rev. 10 97 The cohesive force..is overbalanced by the kinetic repulsion and the substance gasifies without melting.
1920 E. S. Farrow Gas Warfare iv. 68 When the shell is burst the liquid at once gasifies.
1991 Garbage Jan. 37/3 If PVC is overheated, it will begin to gasify.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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