"nitrify" meaning in English

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      "word": "denitrify"
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    {
      "form": "nitrifies",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nitrifying",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nitrified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "nitrogen",
          "nitrogen"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism."
      ],
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          "ammonia",
          "ammonia"
        ],
        [
          "nitrate",
          "nitrate"
        ],
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          "oxidation",
          "oxidation"
        ],
        [
          "microorganism",
          "microorganism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To become nitre."
      ],
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        [
          "nitre",
          "nitre"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become nitre."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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  "word": "nitrify"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nitrifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitrifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nitrified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "nitrified",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound."
      ],
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    },
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism."
      ],
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        [
          "ammonia",
          "ammonia"
        ],
        [
          "nitrate",
          "nitrate"
        ],
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          "oxidation",
          "oxidation"
        ],
        [
          "microorganism",
          "microorganism"
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        "(transitive) To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become nitre."
      ],
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          "nitre",
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        "(intransitive) To become nitre."
      ],
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  "word": "nitrify"
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