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Pronunciation:  su'lidu`fI

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled"
  2. [v]  make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
 
 See Also: change integrity, concrete, congeal, consolidate, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, effloresce, freeze, freeze down, freeze out, jell, set, solidify

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \So*lid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solidified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Solidifying}.] [Solid + -fy: cf. F. solidifier.]
To make solid or compact.

      Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. --H.
                                               Spencer.


  2. \So*lid"i*fy\, v. i.
To become solid; to harden.
 



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