vitrify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
  2. verb undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like

WordNet

Vit"ri*fy transitive verb
Etymology
F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Vitrified ; present participle & verbal noun Vitrifying
Definitions
  1. To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Vit"ri*fy transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become glass; to be converted into glass.
    Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913