Etymology

vinify

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Today it means: To convert fruit juice—particularly grape juice—into wine by fermentation. Full definition →

Latin vinis
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  1. Latin · derived fromvinis“wine”
  2. English todayvinify

From Latin vinis (“wine”) + -ify (“to make into”).

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