from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
intransitive verb To change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion.
intransitive verb To become vitreous.
from The Century Dictionary.
To convert into glass by the action of heat. See glass.
To become glass; be converted into glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To become glass; to be converted into glass.
transitive verb To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb to be made into glass, especially through heat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
verb change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French vitrifier, from Medieval Latin vitrificāre : Latin vitrum, glass + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
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From Latin vitrum ‘glass’ + -fy.
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Examples
The painting with vitreous colours on glass depends entirely on the same principles as painting in enamel, and he manner of executing it is likewise the same, except that in this the transparency of the colours being indispensably requisite no substance can be used to form them but such as vitrify perfectly, since, without such vitrification, there can be no transparency.
The result could be a more detailed design with less waste of coloring material; this was also a technique to add colors that did not vitrify evenly under normal circumstances.
They would not doubtless have the advantages of the wicks which are impregnated with boracic acid, and which vitrify as they burn and are entirely consumed, but Cyrus Harding having manufactured a beautiful pair of snuffers, these candles would be greatly appreciated during the long evenings in Granite House.
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