vitrify

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  • Verb:
    change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
    undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like

Word Origin

vitrify (v.)
1590s, from Middle French vitrifier (16c.), from Latin vitrum "glass" (see vitreous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Vitrified; vitrification.

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