v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies. v.tr.
To change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion.
v.intr.
To become vitreous.
[French vitrifier, from Medieval Latin vitrificāre : Latin vitrum, glass + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
vitrifiability vit'ri·fi'a·bil'i·ty n.vitrifiable vit'ri·fi'a·ble adj.
vitrification vit'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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