DEVITRIFY (devitrified)

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: devitrified

Dictionary entry overview: What does devitrify mean?

• DEVITRIFY (verb)
The verb DEVITRIFY has 2 senses:

1. become crystalline

2. make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque

Familiarity information: DEVITRIFY used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DEVITRIFY (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they devitrify

... he / she / it devitrifies

Past simple: devitrified

Past participle: devitrified

-ing form: devitrifying

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become crystalline

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "devitrify" is one way to...):

crystalise; crystalize; crystallize; effloresce (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "devitrify" is one way to...):

embrittle (make brittle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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