Middle English Dictionary Entry
vitrificāt(e ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | vitrificāt(e ppl. |
| Etymology | Prob. ML *vitrificātus, p.ppl. of *vitrificāre (cp. ML vitrificātor). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Converted into a glassy substance by exposure to heat, vitrified.
Associated quotations
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)910 : Frome vyolent hete & soden colde defend thyn glasse & make thyne fyer so temperate that by the sydys thyn mater be neuer vitrifycate [vr. vitrificat].