"acidify" meaning in English

See acidify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-acidify.ogg [US] Forms: acidify [canonical], acidifies [third-person, singular], acidified [past], acidified [past, participle], acidifying [present, participle]
Etymology: acid + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|acid|ify}} acid + -ify Head templates: {{verb|acidif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you acidify something, you make it taste more sour. Synonyms: sour, acidulate, acetify
    Sense id: simple-acidify-en-verb-znngKD3~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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