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basify

[bey-suh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

basified, basifying 
  1. to raise the pH of (a substance) above 7, thus making it alkaline.



basify

/ ˈɪɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to make basic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • basification noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of basify1

First recorded in 1840–50; base 1 + -ify
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The textile fabric is drawn through the alumina solution to fill the pores and tubes of the fabric; it is then passed through a weak alkaline bath to basify or render basic the aluminium salt in the pores; and then it is finally carried into the dye-bath and heated there, in order to precipitate the colour lake in the fibre.

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