vitrify

UK: /ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ/ US: (vi′trə fī′)

Inflections of 'vitrify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

vitrifies

v 3rd person singular

vitrifying

v pres p

vitrified

v past

vitrified

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

vit•ri•fy  (vi′trə fī′), v.t., v.i., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to convert or be converted into glass.
2. to make or become vitreous.

• 1585–95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier

vit′ri•fi′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
vit′ri•fi′a•ble, adj. 

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vitrify / ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance

Etymology: 16th Century: from French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum glass

ˈvitriˌfiable adjective