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Definition of Basify
1. Verb. Turn basic and less acidic. "The solution alkalized"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Alkali, Alkali, Alkali, Alkalizer, Base
Antonyms: Acidify
Definition of Basify
1. v. t. To convert into a salifiable base.
Definition of Basify
1. Verb. (chemistry) To make more basic (less acidic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Basify
1. to alkalize [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: alkalize
Medical Definition of Basify
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Basify
Literary usage of Basify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris, Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas (1882)
"... incapable of decomposition; also a substance acting as an acid or base by its
union with oxygen or some other acidifying or basify- ing principle. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"A supposed basify- ing and acidifying compound principle, formerly considered to
be analogous to cyanogen, and believed to consist of sulphur and carbon, ..."
3. The Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, for the Use of by American Railway Association (1906)
"Basidium We make interline freight balance 1—.— due our line, and will draw on —,
if not advised to the contrary 50. . basify What balance does account show ..."
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