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Acidify   /əsˈɪdəfˌaɪ/   Listen
Acidify

verb
(past & past part. acidified; pres. part. acidifying)
1.
Make sour or more sour.  Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour.  Antonym: sweeten.
2.
Turn acidic.  Synonym: acetify.  Antonym: alkalize.






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"Acidify" Quotes from Famous Books



... perhaps, has an influence on the properties of the metal. It is determined as follows:—Dissolve 10 grams of the copper in 35 c.c. of nitric acid and an equal bulk of water, boil off nitrous fumes and neutralise with soda, add 2 grams of carbonate of soda dissolved in water, boil, and filter. Acidify the filtrate with 2 or 3 c.c. of dilute nitric acid and dilute to 1 or 1-1/2 litres. Pass sulphuretted hydrogen through the cold solution till the copper is all down and the liquid smells of the gas. Filter ...
— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer



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