vitrify

verb

/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/

[intransitive, transitive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they vitrify	/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪ/
he / she / it vitrifies	/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪz/
past simple vitrified	/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
past participle vitrified	/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪd/
-ing form vitrifying	/ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈvɪtrɪfaɪɪŋ/

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vitrify (something) to change or make something change into glass, or a substance like glass使成玻璃（状物质）；使玻璃化
Word Originlate Middle English: from French vitrifier or based on Latin vitrum ‘glass’.

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