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ACETIFY
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Irregular inflected form: acetified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they acetify ... he / she / it acetifies
Past simple: acetified
Past participle: acetified
-ing form: acetifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn acidic
Example:
the solution acetified
Synonyms:
acetify; acidify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "acetify" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
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Derivation:
acetum (a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make sour or more sour
Synonyms:
acetify; acidify; acidulate; sour
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "acetify" is one way to...):
change taste (alter the flavor of)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
acetum (sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative)
acetum (a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug))
