vitrify
verb /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vitrify | /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it vitrifies | /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple vitrified | /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle vitrified | /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form vitrifying | /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- vitrify (something) to change or make something change into glass, or a substance like glassWord Originlate Middle English: from French vitrifier or based on Latin vitrum ‘glass’.