solidify

== English == === Etymology === From French solidifier. By surface analysis, solid +‎ -ify. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/, [səˈlɪɾəˌfaɪ] (General Australian) IPA(key): /səˈlɪdəˌfɑɪ/, [səˈlɪɾəˌfɑɪ], /səˈlɪdˌfɑɪ/, [səˈlɪɾˌfɑɪ] === Verb === solidify (third-person singular simple present solidifies, present participle solidifying, simple past and past participle solidified) (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body. Synonyms: set, jell (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce. (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set. (grammar, transitive) To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === liquefy === References === “solidify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.