Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VITIATION

VITIA'TION, noun1. The act of vitiating; depravation; corruption; as the vitiation of the blood.2. A rendering invalid; as the vitiation of a contract.

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VITILITIGATE

VITILIT'IGATE, verb intransitive [Latin vitiosus and litigo.] To contend in law litigiously or cavilously. [Not in use.]

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VITILITIGATION

VITILITIGA'TION, noun Cavilous litigation. [Not in use.]Vitious, vitiously, vitiousness. [See vicious and its derivatives.]

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VITREO-ELECTRIC

VITREO-ELEC'TRIC, adjective Containing or exhibiting positive electricity, or that which is excited by rubbing glass.

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VITREOUS

VIT'REOUS, adjective [Latin vitreus, from vitrum, glass or woad.]1. Pertaining to glass.2. Consisting of glass; as a vitreous substance.3. Resembling glass; as the vitreous humo...

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VITREOUSNESS

VIT'REOUSNESS, noun The quality or state of being vitreous; resemblance of glass.

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VITRESCENCE

VITRES'CENCE, noun [from Latin vitrum, glass.] Glassiness; or the quality of being capable of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.

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VITRESCENT

VITRES'CENT, adjective Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.

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VITRESCIBLE

VITRES'CIBLE, adjective That can be vitrified.

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VITRIFACTION

VITRIFAC'TION, noun [See vitrify.] The act, process or operation of converting into glass by heat; as the vitrifaction of sand, flint and pebbles with alkaline salts.

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VITRIFIABLE

VIT'RIFIABLE, adjective [from vitrify.] Capable of being converted into glass by heat and fusion. Flint and alkaline salts are vitrifiable

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VITRIFICABLE

VIT'RIFICABLE, for vitrifiable. [Not used.]

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VITRIFICATE

VIT'RIFICATE, for vitrify. [Not used.]

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VITRIFICATION

VITRIFICA'TION, for vitrifaction. [See Vitrifaction, which is generally used.]

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VITRIFIED

VIT'RIFIED, participle passive Converted into glass.

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VITRIFORM

VIT'RIFORM, adjective [Latin vitrum, glass, and form.]Having the form or resemblance of glass.

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VITRIFY

VIT'RIFY, verb transitive [Latin vitrum, glass, and facio, to make.]To convert into glass by fusion or the action of heat; as, to vitrify sand and alkaline salts.VIT'RIFY, verb ...

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VITRIOL

VIT'RIOL, noun [Latin vitrum, glass; perhaps from its color.]1. In mineralogy, native vitriol is a substance of a grayish or yellowish white color, apple green, or sky blue, and...

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VITRIOLATE

VIT'RIOLATE, verb transitive To convert, as sulphur in any compound, into sulphuric acid, formerly called vitriolic acid. Thus the sulphuret of iron vitriolated, becomes sulphat...

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VITRIOLATED

VIT'RIOLATED, participle passive Converted into sulphuric acid or vitriol.

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VITRIOLATING

VIT'RIOLATING, participle present tense Turning into sulphuric acid or vitrol.

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VITRIOLATION

VITRIOLA'TION, noun The act or process of converting into sulphuric acid or vitriol.

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VITRIOLIC

VITRIOL'IC, adjective Pertaining to vitriol; having the qualities of vitriol, or obtained from vitriol.Vitriolic acid, in modern chimistry is denominated sulphuric acid, the bas...

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VITRIOLIZABLE

VIT'RIOLIZABLE, adjective Capable of being converted into sulphuric acid.

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VITRIOLIZATION

VITRIOLIZA'TION. [See Vitriolation.]

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VITRIOLIZE

VIT'RIOLIZE. [See Vitriolate.]

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VITRIOLIZED

VIT'RIOLIZED. [See Vitriolated.]