"acetify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈsiːtɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acetify.wav Forms: acetifies [present, singular, third-person], acetifying [participle, present], acetified [participle, past], acetified [past]
Etymology: From Latin acetum (“vinegar”) + -fy or back-formation from acetification. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|acetum||vinegar}} Latin acetum (“vinegar”), {{suffix|en||fy}} + -fy, {{back-form|en|acetification|nocap=1}} back-formation from acetification Head templates: {{en-verb}} acetify (third-person singular simple present acetifies, present participle acetifying, simple past and past participle acetified)
  1. (transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar. Tags: transitive Translations (convert into acid or vinegar): acetificar (Catalan), acētificō (Latin), acetificar (Portuguese), acetificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-acetify-en-verb-~FWjZgKA Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'convert into acid or vinegar': 96 4
  2. (intransitive) To turn acid. Tags: intransitive Translations (turn acid): اكشیمك (ekşimek) (Ottoman Turkish), ekşimek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-acetify-en-verb-tUoKh91c Disambiguation of 'turn acid': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acetifier

Inflected forms

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