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Definition of Nitrify
1. Verb. Convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria.
Entails: Oxidate, Oxidise, Oxidize
Derivative terms: Nitrate, Nitric Acid, Nitrification, Nitrous Acid
2. Verb. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Nitrate, Nitrification, Nitrogen, Nitrous Acid, Nitrogen
3. Verb. Treat (soil) with nitrates.
Antonyms: Denitrify
Derivative terms: Nitrate, Nitrification
Definition of Nitrify
1. v. t. To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.
Definition of Nitrify
1. Verb. (transitive) to treat, or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nitrify
1. to combine with nitrogen [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Medical Definition of Nitrify
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrify
Literary usage of Nitrify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"... Organic Matter does not nitrify.—There can be little doubt that the formation
of ammonia from the amido- compounds in humus is also the work of bacteria ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"sarily follow that bacteria which nitrify organic nitrogen to nitrites do not exist.
All the conditions under which the nitrous organisms have been isolated ..."
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