Definition of Ammonify

1. Verb. Treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Impregnate, Saturate
Derivative terms: Ammonification, Ammonium

Definition of Ammonify

1. Verb. Treat with ammonia; ammoniate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ammonify

1. to treat with ammonia [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ammonify

ammoniate
ammoniated
ammoniated mercuric chloride
ammoniated mercury
ammoniated tincture
ammoniates
ammoniating
ammoniation
ammoniations
ammonic
ammonical
ammonification
ammonifications
ammonified
ammonifies
ammonify (current term)
ammonifying
ammonio-
ammonioalunite
ammonioborite
ammoniojarosite
ammonioleucite
ammonite
ammonites
ammonitic
ammonitiferous
ammonitoidea
ammonium
ammonium acetate
ammonium alum

Literary usage of Ammonify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... showed the least ammonify- On ... able to ammonify dried blood more readily than cottonseed and Дт w' "2-: ..."

2. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1905)
"We find that while many non-liquefying bacteria are able to reduce nitrates or to ammonify peptone or to do both, and many liquefying bacteria do not ..."

3. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1905)
"We find that while many non-liquefying bacteria are able to reduce nitrates or to ammonify peptone or to do both, and many liquefying bacteria do not ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"(2) The differences in the biological behavior of the two soils under consideration, as shown by their ability to ammonify various organic nitrogenous ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... by plants in the form of nitrates, so the nitrate salts are most readily available for plant growth, but in fertile soils there are bacteria to ammonify ..."

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