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salify

verb

  1. To react so as to form a salt

    dated

  2. To combine or impregnate with a salt.

    dated, transitive

  3. To form a salt with; to convert into a salt.

    dated, transitive

    to salify a base or an acid

Where it comes from

From French salifier; from Latin sal (“salt”) + -ficare (“to make”) (only in comparative). See -fy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry salify (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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