acidify

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/əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/

verb

To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.

“to acidify sugar”

Similar
souracidulateacetify
Opposite
alkalifybasifyalkalize
OriginLatin acidus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person acidifies · participle present acidifying · participle past acidified · past acidified

  1. transitiveTo make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
  2. transitiveTo neutralize alkalis.

    to acidify sugar

  3. figurativelytransitiveTo sour; to embitter.

    [H]is thin existence all acidified into rage

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 181

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
alkalifybasify

verbmake sour or more sour

Similar
souracidulateacetify
Broader
change taste

verbturn acidic

Similar
acetify
Opposite
alkalize
Broader
change stateturn
Also see
acetifyacidulatesour

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinacidus“sour, acid”
  2. Englishacidify

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

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Translations

Bulgarian подкислявам, неутрализирам
  • подкислявам (podkisljavam)to make something acidic
  • неутрализирам (neutraliziram)to neutralize alkalis
Catalan acidificar
  • acidificarto make something acidic
Chinese Mandarin 酸化
  • 酸化 (suānhuà)to make something acidic
Dutch verzuren
  • verzurento make something acidic
Finnish happamoittaa, happamoitua
  • happamoittaato make something acidic
  • happamoituato make something acidic
  • hapottaato make something acidic
  • hapottuato make something acidic
  • hapottaato neutralize alkalis
  • katkeroittaato embitter
  • katkeroituato embitter
French acidifier
  • acidifierto make something acidic
German säuern
  • säuernto make something acidic
Irish aigéadaigh, aigéadaigh
  • aigéadaighto make something acidic
  • aigéadaighto neutralize alkalis
Italian acidificare
  • acidificareto make something acidic
Māori whakakawa, whakawaikawa
  • whakakawato make something acidic
  • whakawaikawato make something acidic
  • whakakawato embitter
Portuguese acidificar
  • acidificarto make something acidic
Romanian acidifica
  • acidificato make something acidic
Russian окисля́ть, оки́слить
  • окисля́ть (okisljátʹ)to make something acidic
  • оки́слить (okíslitʹ)to make something acidic
  • подкисля́ть (podkisljátʹ)to make something acidic
  • подки́слить (podkíslitʹ)to make something acidic
Spanish acidificar
  • acidificarto make something acidic
Swedish syra, försura
  • syrato make something acidic
  • försurato make something acidic
Welsh asideiddio
  • asideiddioto make something acidic
Cite this entry
APA

acidify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidify

MLA

“acidify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acidify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acidify.

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