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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make sour or more sour;
[syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify]

2. turn acidic;
- Example: "the solution acetified"
[syn: acidify, acetify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidified; p. pr. & vb. n. Acidifying.] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. [1913 Webster] 2. To sour; to imbitter. [1913 Webster] His thin existence all acidified into rage. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acidify v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten] 2: turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: acidify, acetify] [ant: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "acidify": acetify, acidulate, alkalify, alkalize, borate, carbonate, catalyze, chemical, chlorinate, electrolyze, ferment, homopolymerize, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, nitrate, oxidize, pepsinate, peroxidize, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, sour, sulfate, sulfatize, sulfonate, turn sour, work