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salify

[ sal-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

salified, salifying.
  1. to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
  2. to mix or combine with a salt.


salify

/ ˈæɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to treat, mix with, or cause to combine with a salt
  2. to convert (a substance) into a salt

    to salify ammonia by treatment with hydrochloric acid

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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌھ, adjective
  • ˌھˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·ھa· adjective
  • ··ھ··پDz [sal-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salify1

First recorded in 1780–90; sal + -ify
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salify1

C18: from French salifier, from New Latin ھ, from Latin sal salt + facere to make
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Salify, sal′i-fī, v.t. to combine with an acid in order to make a salt:—pa.t. and pa.p. sal′ified.—adj.

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OBS.—Because sal, salis, in Latin, doubles not the l, the chemists write salify, salifiable, salification, saliferous, saline, salinous, saliniform, salifying, &c., with single l, contrary to Rule 3d.

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