acidify

From acid +‎ -fy, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier.

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acidify (third-person singular simple present acidifies, present participle acidifying, simple past and past participle acidified)

1. to make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
2. to neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar
3. to sour, to embitter.

   • His thin existence all acidified into rage. - Thomas Carlyle

(chemistry):

• alkalify
• basify