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BASIFY (basified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basify mean?
• BASIFY (verb)
The verb BASIFY has 1 sense:
1. turn basic and less acidic
Familiarity information: BASIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it basifies Past simple: basified
Past participle: basified
-ing form: basifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn basic and less acidic
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
alkalify; alkalise; alkalize; basify
Context example:
the solution alkalized
Hypernyms (to "basify" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
base (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water)
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