salify

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verb

To react so as to form a salt

“to salify a base or an acid”

OriginFrench salifier ← Latin sal →
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Meanings

verbsalify (third-person singular simple present salifies, present participle salifying, simple past and past participle salified)

present singular third person salifies · participle present salifying · participle past salified · past salified

  1. datedchemistryTo react so as to form a salt
  2. datedtransitivechemistryTo combine or impregnate with a salt.
  3. datedtransitivechemistryTo form a salt with; to convert into a salt.

    to salify a base or an acid

Origin

  1. Latinsal“salt”
  2. Frenchsalifier
  3. Englishsalify

From French salifier; from Latin sal (“salt”) + -ficare (“to make”) (only in comparative). See -fy.

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Translations

Italian salificare
  • salificareto form a salt
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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