acidify

English

Etymology

From acid +‎ -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/

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Verb

acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified) (transitive)

1. To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
2. To neutralize alkalis.

   to acidify sugar

3. (figurative) To sour; to embitter.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 181:

     [H]is thin existence all acidified into rage

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “chemistry”):

• alkalify
• basify

Derived terms

• acidifiable
• acidific
• disacidify
• nonacidified
• reacidify
• unacidified

Related terms

• acidification

Translations

to make something acidic

Bulgarian: подкислявам (podkisljavam) Catalan: acidificar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 酸化 (zh) (suānhuà) Dutch: verzuren (nl) Finnish: happamoittaa (fi), happamoitua (fi); hapottaa, hapottua French: acidifier (fr) German: säuern (de) Interlingua: acidificar Irish: aigéadaigh Italian: acidificare (it) Maori: whakakawa, whakawaikawa Occitan: acidificar Portuguese: acidificar (pt) Romanian: acidifica (ro) Russian: окисля́ть (ru) impf (okisljátʹ), оки́слить (ru) pf (okíslitʹ), подкисля́ть (ru) impf (podkisljátʹ), подки́слить (ru) pf (podkíslitʹ) Spanish: acidificar (es) Swedish: syra (sv), försura (land or water) Welsh: asideiddio

to neutralize alkalis

Bulgarian: неутрализирам (bg) (neutraliziram) Finnish: hapottaa Irish: aigéadaigh

to embitter

Finnish: katkeroittaa (fi), katkeroitua (fi) Maori: whakakawa