'Vitrify' definitions:
Definition of 'vitrify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
verb
Undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
Definition of 'Vitrify'
From: GCIDE
- Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vitrify'
From: GCIDE
- Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass. [1913 Webster]
- Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]